Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.
Many things are too delicate to be thought; many more, to be spoken.
To know a truth well, one must have fought it out.
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
A certain degree of solitude seems necessary to the full growth and spread of the highest mind; and therefore must a very extensive intercourse with men stifle many a holy germ, and scare away the gods, who shun the restless tumult of noisy companies and the discussion of petty interests.
The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self.