The revolting details of childbirth had been hidden from me with such care that I was as surprised as I was horrified, and I cannot help thinking that the vows most women are made to take are very foolhardy. I doubt whether they would willingly go to the altar to swear that they will allow themselves to be broken on the wheel every nine months.

Our own cast-off sorrows are not sufficient to constitute sympathy for others.

You may be more prodigal of time than of money.

Fortune does not change [people], it unmasks them.

Innocence and mystery never dwell long together.

Obligation is the bitterest thraldom.

Gallantry thrives most in the atmosphere of the court.