The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.

Eclecticism. Every truth is so true that any truth must be false.

Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.

True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.

The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.

We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings.