Don't let us rejoice in punishment, even when the hand of God alone inflicts it. The best of us are but poor wretches, just saved from shipwreck. Can we feel anything but awe and pity when we see a fellow-passenger swallowed by the waves?

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

You must love your work, and not be always looking over the edge of it, wanting your play to begin. And the other is, you must not be ashamed of your work, and think it would be more honorable to you to be doing something else. You must have a pride in your own work and in learning to do it well.

Consequences are unpitying.

To the receptive soul the river of life pauseth not, nor is diminished.

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.