We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.

We're really up against it, we poor women: A bachelor's a hard thing to convert

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

I have, alas! Philosophy, Medicine, Jurisprudence too, And to my cost Theology, With ardent labor, studied through. And here I stand, with all my lore, Poor fool, no wiser than before.

There is strong shadow where there is much light.

Experiments are mediators between nature and idea.

There is no patriotic art.