Heed my words, daughter, if you ever mean to be happy: Never give yourself to a man.

When law enforcers are shown to have such unswerving integrity, only the most churlish among us would question the methods they use to "get their man." Constitutional guarantees are regarded as bothersome "technicalities" that impede honest law enforcers in the performance of their duties.

As for will, woman should be considered superior to man for Eve ate of the apple for love of knowledge and learning, but Adam ate of it merely because she asked him.

What is life? The joy of the blessed, the sorrow of the sad, and a search for death. And what is death? An inevitable happening, an uncertain pilgrimage, the tears of the living, the thief of man.

Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.

To marry is to surrender everything--not only your body but your pride, your independence, even your life.

There was always a way, when one knew what one wanted.