It is a mistake for a taciturn, serious-minded woman to marry a jovial man, but not for a serious-minded man to marry a lighthearted woman.

Ambition and love are the wings of great actions.

Woman is mistress of the art of completely imbittering the life of the person on whom she depends.

When you praise someone you call yourself his equal.

They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.

The worst is that the very hardest thinking will not bring thoughts. They must come like good children of God and cry, "Here we are." You expend effort and energy thinking hard. Then, after you have given up, they come sauntering in with their hands in their pockets. If the effort had not been made to open the door, however, who knows when they could have come.

Still this planet's soil for noble deeds grants scope abounding.