He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

Man believes himself always greater than he is, and is esteemed less than he is worth.

When married one has to get into an argument once in a while since in this way one learns about the other.

There is no trifling with nature; it is always true, grave, and severe; it is always in the light, and the faults and errors fall to our share. It defies incompetency, but reveals its secrets to the competent, the truthful, and the pure.

The world is so full of simpletons and madmen, that one need not seek them in a madhouse.

How circumscribed is woman's destiny!

Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.