"That woman is by nature intended to obey is shown by the fact that every woman who is placed in the unnatural position of absolute independence at once attaches herself to some kind of man, by whom sh…"

"The highest degree of world-weariness is when one has no longer any wish for anything."

"The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy."

"The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity."

"We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people."