To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.
I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once.
The writings of women are always cold and pretty like themselves. There is as much wit as you may desire, but never any soul.
