Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.

A book may be as great a thing as a battle.

Age is frequently beautiful, wisdom appearing like an aftermath.

The conduct of men depends upon their temperament, not upon a bunch of musty maxims.

Female friendships are of rapid growth.

I grew intoxicated with my own eloquence.