In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, but that which we hope for.

Begin by instructing yourself, then you will receive instruction from others.

The universal subjugator, the commonplace.

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

A wife is a gift bestowed upon a man to reconcile him to the loss of paradise.

I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy

Common sense is the genius of humanity.