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

Necessity is cruel, but it is the only test of inward strength. Every fool may live according to his own likings.

A man who cannot command himself will always be a slave.

Every beginning is cheerful.

People are always talking about originality, but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

By seeking and blundering we learn.