One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.

Obstinacy and heat in argument are surest proofs of folly. Is there anything so stubborn, obstinate, disdainful, contemplative, grave, or serious, as an ass?

Other people do not see you at all, but guess at you by uncertain conjectures.

Laws are often made by fools, and even more often by men who fail in equity because they hate equality: but always by men, vain authorities who can resolve nothing.

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

Shame on all eloquence which leaves us with a taste for itself and not for its substance.

The most useful and honorable science and occupation for a woman is the science of housekeeping. I know some that are miserly, very few that are good managers.