A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.

I am of opinion that national greatness is more for the advantage of private citizens, than any individual well-being coupled with public humiliation. A man may be personally ever so well off, and yet if his country be ruined he must be ruined with it; whereas a flourishing commonwealth always affords chances of salvation to unfortunate individuals.

For grief is felt not so much for the want of what we have never known, as for the loss of that to which we have been long accustomed.

Although only a few may originate a policy, we are all able to judge it.