From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured.

• From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured.
• The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.
• If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.
• Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.
• Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.
• As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.
• Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.
• As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.
• Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.
• A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.