"There is hardly a case in which the dispute was not caused by a woman."

"Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another."

"No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap."

"Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised."

"It is difficult not to write satire."

"This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted."

"A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years."

"It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty."

"I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason."

"For women's tears are but the sweat of eyes."

"Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove."

"The traveller with empty pockets will sing in the thief 's face."

"All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price."

"Rare is the union of beauty and purity."