"The nobler and more perfect a thing is, the later and slower it is in arriving at maturity. A man reaches the maturity of his reason and mental powers hardly before the age of eight-and-twenty; a woma…"

"To marry is to halve one's rights and double one's duties."

"The only original philosophical thought possible is the one that starts from the fact of suffering."

"All religions are born of fear and are the children of darkness."

"Intellect is a magnificent instrument, if it is used correctly. Used incorrectly, it leads to disaster."