Remarkable places are like the summits of rocks; eagles and reptiles only can get there.
Fortune does not change [people], it unmasks them.
Reason ought not, like vanity, to adorn herself with ancient parchments, and the display of a genealogical tree; more dignified in her proceedings, and proud of her immortal nature, she ought to derive everything from herself.
Innocence and mystery never dwell long together.
Too many wish to be happy before becoming wise.
The old age of women is bearable only on condition that they do not take up any room, do not make any noise, do not demand any service; on condition that they render all the service that is expected of them, and actually have no existence except for the good of others.