People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.

Though we best know and cannot deny our imperfections, it is not for us to lose our self-reliance and true manhood.

Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of power to pronounce the syllable, "No." To be able to utter that word and live alone, are the only means to preserve one's freedom and one's character.

An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living.

All that I've learned, I've forgotten. The little that I still know, I've guessed.

Your intelligence often bears the same relation to your heart as the library of a chateau does to its owner.

Woman's weakness, not man's merit, oftenest gains the suitor's victory.