"For you are angry with me, who have no hand in the matter, and with yourselves too, if I may say so, for assenting to my counsels and sharing in my errors."

"The greatest glory of a woman is to be least talked about, whether for good or for bad."

"Who makes the fairest show means most deceit."

"We do not get into a state with our next-door neighbour if he enjoys himself in his own way, nor do we shoot him the kind of black looks which, though they do no real harm, still vex an honest man. We…"

"We cultivate refinement without extravagance and knowledge without effeminacy."