Remarkable places are like the summits of rocks; eagles and reptiles only can get there.
To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.
A woman must be truly refined to incite chivalry in the heart of a man.
A pure style in writing results from the rejection of everything superfluous.
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.
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.