I have my choice: who can wish for more? Free will enables us to do everything well while imposition makes a light burden heavy.

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

The world, the wise world, that never is wrong itself, judges always by events. And if he should use me ill, then I shall be blamed for trusting him: if well, O then I did right, to be sure!--But how would my censurers act in my case, before the event justifies or condemns the action, is the question.

She who is more ashamed of dishonesty than of poverty will not be easily overcome.

Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.

The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.