The reason that women do not love one another is - men.

Cunning is none of the best nor worst qualities; it floats between virtue and vice; there is scarce any exigence where it may not, and perhaps ought not to be supplied by prudence.

The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others.

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others.

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

The majority of women have no principles of their own; they are guided by the heart, and depend for their own conduct, upon that of the men they love.