Occupation was one of the pleasures of paradise, and we cannot be happy without it.

There are brains so large that they unconsciously swamp all individualities ties which come in contact or too near, and brains so small that they cannot take in the conception of any other individuality as a whole, only in part or parts.

Fame is that which is known to exist by the echo of its footsteps through congenial minds.

As the rolling stone gathers no moss, so the roving heart gathers no affections.

Extreme vanity sometimes hides under the garb of ultra modesty.

I have great admiration for power, a great terror of weakness, especially in my own sex, yet feel that my love is for those who overcome the mental and moral suffering and temptation through excess of tenderness rather than through excess of strength.

The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed of immortality already sown within us.