Extreme concupiscence may be found under extreme austerity.

The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor.

There are women so hard to please that it would seem as if nothing less than an angel would suit them; and hence it comes that they often encounter devils.

Delicacy is the genuine tint of virtue.

It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.

We shall all be perfectly virtuous when there is no longer any flesh on our bones.

Science conducts us, step by step, through the whole range of creation, until we arrive, at length, at God.

Women suffer more from disappointment than men, because they have more of faith and are naturally more credulous.

No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.

Temptations, like misfortunes, are sent to test our moral strength.

Prudence advises us to use our enemies as if one day they might be friends.

We leave this life the same way that we enter it, totally alone, bereft.

Focus on what you are and what you can rather than what others aren't & can't. You have to win

It is a strange thing to realize... but our failures so often place us where we need to be.

Vision is a mental picture of what could be, fueled by a passion that it should be.

I can only tell you this and I used to speak about it all the time, we have a Navy that hasn't been in this position since World War I.

The Swiss are well armed and enjoy great freedom.

Interest in business ethics courses has surged, and student activities at leading business schools are more focused than ever before on making business serve long-term social values.

I don't feel like a grandmother. I don't.

You get bored if you do the same thing too much.

Life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve.