Francois de La Rochefoucauld

You can find women who have never had an affair, but it is hard to find a woman who has had just one. ”

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation. ”

There is many a virtuous woman weary of her trade. ”

There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of. ”

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind. ”

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding. ”

There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means. ”

Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it. ”

People always complain about their memories, never about their minds. ”

Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment. ”