Every epoch dreams its successor.

Improvement depends far less upon length of tasks and hours of application than is supposed. Children can take in but a little each day; they are like vases with a narrow neck; you may pour little or pour much, but much will not enter at a time.

He who would confine his thought to present time will not understand present reality.

Love is strong in its passion; affection is powerful in its gentleness.

How beautifully everything is arranged by Nature; as soon as a child enters the world, it finds a mother ready to take care of it.

What manly eloquence could produce such an effect as woman's silence?

At its starting point in India, the birthplace of races and religions, the womb of the world.