“It requires two indiscreet persons to institute a quarrel; one individual cannot quarrel alone.”

Whether slaves or free, they reign, because their empire is that of the affections.

All our first movements are good, generous, heroical; reflection weakens and kills them.

In exalting the faculties of the soul, we annihilate, in a great degree, the delusion of the senses.

Whatever may be the laws and customs of a country, women always give the tone to morals.

If you would know the political and moral condition of a people, ask as to the position of its women.

It is very clear that one way to challenge insults is to submit to them.

All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end.