But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.

Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.

Our wine is bitter, but it is our wine.

Books console us, calm us, prepare us, enrich us and redeem us.

Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.

In truth, men speak too much of danger.

Strength comes from waiting.