I have often thought that the nature of women was interior to that of men in general, but superior in particular.

A very small offence may be a just cause for great resentment: it is often much less the particular instance which is obnoxious to us than the proof it carries with it of the general tenor and disposition of the mind from whence it sprung.

Whatever natural right men may have to freedom and independency, it is manifest that some men have a natural ascendency over others.

Men and statues that are admired ire an elevated situation have a very different effect upon us when we approach them; the first appear less than we imagined them, the last bigger.

I have often thought that the nature of women was interior to that of men in general, but superior in particular.

Unbecoming forwardness oftener proceeds from ignorance than impudence.

A lively and agreeable man has not only the merit of liveliness and agreeableness himself, but that also of awakening them in others.