What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance?

The very condition of Woman is so subject to Hazard, so complex, and so grievous, that to place her at one moment is but to displace her at the next.

Youth is cause, effect is age; so with the thickening of the neck we get data.

No one will be much or little except in someone else's mind, so be careful of the minds you get into.

One must not look inward too much, while the inside is yet tender. I do not wish to frighten myself until I can stand it.

Love is the first lie; wisdom the last.

My war brought me many things; let yours bring you as much. Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like, it will not tell itself. No one will be much or little except in someone else's mind, so be careful of the minds you get into, and remember Lady Macbeth, who had her mind in her hand. We can't all be as safe as that.