"Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side."

"How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue."

"What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance."

"No one can be really esteemed accomplished who does not greatly surpass what is usually met with."

"How much I love every thing that is decided and open!"

"I am excessively fond of music, but without the smallest skill or right of judging of anybody's performance."

"Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise."

"Women have babies and men provide the support. If you don't like the way we're made you've got to take it up with God."

"When of a gossiping circle it was asked, 'What are they doing?' The answer was, 'Swapping lies.'"

"It takes truth to live with a swiftly changing world. Nothing less than truth can survive. You cannot survive with anything less than truth."

"Veni, vidi, vici.[I came, I saw, I conquered]"

"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin."