Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance.

I know of no teachers so powerful and persuasive as the little army of specialists. They carry no banners, they beat no drums; but where they are men learn that bustle and push are not the equals of quiet genius and serene mastery.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

Eloquence may set fire to reason.

History has to be rewritten because history is the selection of those threads of causes or antecedents that we are interested in.

Where we stand is not as important as the direction in which we are moving.

As for the excellent little wretches who grow up in what they are taught, with never a scruple or a query, ... they signify nothing in the intellectual life of the race.