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.

It doesn't matter if you have a desperate heart when you have to sing about joy; it doesn't matter if you're scared to death when the lights go on.

When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.

You can wine and dine all around the globe but the joy of coming back home to a meal cooked by your mom is pure bliss.

I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness.