No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.

And I loathe people who find it harder to put up with a gown askew than with a soul askew and who judge a man by his bow, his bearing and his boots.

The concern that some women show at the absence of their husbands, does not arise from their not seeing them and being with them, but from their apprehension that their husbands are enjoying pleasures in which they do not participate, and which, from their being at a distance, they have not the power of interrupting.

No spiritual mind remains within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its own strength.

Nature is a gentle guide, but not more sweet and gentle than prudent and just.

Sometimes it is a good choice not to choose at all.

All we do is to look after the opinions and learning of others: we ought to make them our own.