"Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking..." — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.

However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.