Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

Our minds have unbelievable power over our bodies.

Information is not culture. In the mind of a truly educated person, facts are organized, and they make up a living world in the image of the world of reality.

Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.

There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.