Genius does not seem to derive any great support from syllogisms. Its carriage is free; its manner has a touch of inspiration. We see it come, but we never see it walk.

It is not the mediocrity of women's education which makes their weakness; it is their weakness which necessarily causes their mediocrity.

Prejudice does not mean false ideas, but only ... opinions adopted before examination.

False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.

I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.

What a miserable world!--trouble if we love, and trouble if we do not love.

A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none.