When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world.

There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.