Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their two universal characteristics. 546
Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one. 2.12K
We are the fools of time and terror; Days steal on us, and steal from us; yet we live, loathing our life, and dreading still to die. 1.39K
The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than keep a cow. So it is, but the milk is more likey to be watered. 937
A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. 592
I used to say, “I sure hope things will change.” Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change. 611
Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems; wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges; wish for more wisdom. 812