Want of perseverance is the great fault of women in everything--morals, attention to health, friendship, and so on. It cannot be too often repeated that women never reach the end of anything through want of perseverance.

A woman must be truly refined to incite chivalry in the heart of a man.

Innocence and mystery never dwell long together.

Obligation is the bitterest thraldom.

Remarkable places are like the summits of rocks; eagles and reptiles only can get there.

Indulgence, twin sister of guilt.

Want of perseverance is the great fault of women in everything--morals, attention to health, friendship, and so on. It cannot be too often repeated that women never reach the end of anything through want of perseverance.