Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.

You know more of a road by having travelled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.

No really great man ever thought himself so.

As is our confidence, so is our capacity.

Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot.

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

The more we do, the more we can do; the busier we are, the more leisure we have.

Those people who are uncomfortable in themselves are disagreeable to others.

The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

We are all of us, more or less, the slaves of opinion.

Time,--the most independent of all things.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

To be a woman is something so strange, so confusing and so complicated that only a woman could put up with it.

I'm so misunderstood that people misunderstand me even when I tell them I'm misunderstood.

Life is lived forwards but understood backwards.