And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him, Reckoning his skill with opportunity.
There are natures in which, if they love us, we are conscious of having a sort of baptism and consecration.
The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection.
I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that all the light I can command must be concentrated on this particular web, and not dispersed over that tempting range of relevancies called the universe.
I am not resigned: I am not sure life is long enough to learn that lesson.