distrust ... is the beginning of hatred.

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.

Friendship's like a relationship between friends.

When a man's neck's in danger, he doesn't stop to think too much about sentiment.

We must remember balance and moderation. Patience can be spiritually enriching and virtuous… but when taken in excess, it turns to procrastination, the poison of inaction.

Just don't be afraid of your mistakes because those mistakes can be the best way how to learn it to do it right.

Much of our ignorance is of ourselves. Our eyes are full of dust. Prejudice blinds us.

Cooking and shopping for food brings rhythm and meaning to our lives.

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.

If cities were built by the sound of music, then some edifices would appear to be constructed by grave, solemn tones,--others to have danced forth to light fantastic airs.

A change in attitude can change your life!.