Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest. women
Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor. humor
The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue. women
Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it. power
From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured. humor & women
Love before marriage is absolutely necessary. marriage
Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated. learning
Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures. nature
The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons. sports
Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry. food
Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know. science
As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man. the future & happiness
Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation. women
O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else! power
There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler than they ought to be. women
Women do not often fall in love with philosophers. women
Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating. hope
Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal. greatness
Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife. men
The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal. education
A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope. hope
Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends. marriage