Many a peacock hides his peacock tail from all eyes--and calls it his pride.

The inability to lie is far from the love of truth.

Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today

If a woman possesses manly virtues, she is to be run away from; and if she does not possess them, she runs away herself.

You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.

This verse gets me through each day, what doesn't kill us makes us stronger! I am not afraid of anything because the lord is my shepherd!

With regard to philosophical metaphysics, I always see increasing numbers who have attained to the negative goal, but as yet few who climb a few rungs backwards; one ought to look out, perhaps, over the last steps of the ladder, but not try to stand upon them.