Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.

"People's minds are trained largely at the expense of their hearts." This is not so; it is only that there are more educable minds than there are educable hearts.

I regret nothing, says arrogance; I will regret nothing, says inexperience.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

Consider once before you give, twice before you receive, and a thousand times before you ask.

To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.

One remains young as long as one can still learn, can still take on new habits, can bear contradictions.