Every epoch dreams its successor.

The real, in all this efforts, is that we climb just for climbing.

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.

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

What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education.

Our esteem is apt to be given where we know the least.

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