How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.
Virtue debases itself in justifying itself.
God created women only to tame men.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.