"The desire of being always in a crowd, of being always seen, always admired, is a sure mark of a little mind."

"A man should not be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday."

"The beginning is always today."

"How can a being be noble who is only good because she is afraid of being wicked?"

"The common source of all the follies which degrade women, is the inexperience which they are condemned to acquire, till they are mothers of families."