Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.
One must, in one's life, make a choice between boredom and suffering.
Who understands much forgives much. To understand everything makes us very forgiving.
It is not enough to forgive; one must forget.
The entire social order ... is arrayed against a woman who wants to rise to a man's reputation.
The mind's pleasures are made to calm the tempests of the heart.