A great work of Art demands a great thought or a thought of beauty adequately expressed. - Neither in Art nor Literature more than in Life can an ordinary thought be made interesting because well-dressed.

It is a vulgar error that love, a love, to woman is her whole existence; she is born for Truth and Love in their universal energy

There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman.

All greatness affects different minds, each in its own particular kind, and the variations of testimony mark the truth of feeling.

In order that she may be able to give her hand with dignity, she must be able to stand alone.

Plants of great vigor will almost always struggle into blossom, despite impediments. But there should be encouragement, and a free genial atmosphere for those of more timid sort, fair play for each in its own kind.

Truth is the first of jewels.