Recognized probity is the surest of all oaths..

Order in a house ought to be like the machinery in opera, whose effect produces great pleasure, but whose ends must be hid..

Love is the only possession which we can carry with us beyond the grave..

The most subtle flattery that a woman can receive is by actions, not by words..

Indulgence, twin sister of guilt..

Love is the pass-key to the heart..

It were no virtue to bear calamities if we did not feel them..

How immense to us appear the sins we have not committed..

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

For the honest people, relations increase with the years. For the vicious, inconveniences increase. Inconstancy is the defect of vice; the influence ….

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 ….

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 tha….

A pure style in writing results from the rejection of everything superfluous..

It is often a sign of wit not to show it, and not to see that others want it..

One of the first observations to make in conversation is the state, or the character, and the education of the person to whom we speak..

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 t….

The heart of a good man is the sanctuary of God in this world..

Elegance is exquisite polish..

The more heart, the more sorrow..

Too many wish to be happy before becoming wise..

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