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

"Be happy, but be so by piety."

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

"On cesse de s'aimer si quelqu'un ne nous aime."

"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."