"Ought not every woman, like every man, to follow the bent of her own talents?"

"Tout comprendre rend très-indulgent."

"Be happy, but be so by piety."

"Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities."

"L'amour est l'histoire de la vie des femmes; c'est un épisode dans celle des hommes."

"The evil arising from mental improvement can be corrected only by a still further progress in that very improvement. …"

"If we would succeed in works of the imagination, we must offer a mild morality in the midst of rigid manners; but whe…"

"One must, in one's life, make a choice between boredom and suffering."

"Un homme doit savoir braver l'opinion; une femme s'y soumettre."

"The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals."