The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.

Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.

He only who gave life has a power over it.

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.

All women, from the countess to the cook-maid, are put into high good humor with themselves when a man is taken with them at firstsight. And be they ever so plain, they will find twenty good reasons to defend the judgment of such a man.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.