Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.
Short prayer pierceth heaven.
It is a common law of nature, which no time will ever change, that superiors shall rule their inferiors.
A generous and noble spirit cannot be expected to dwell in the breasts of men who are struggling for their daily bread.
That meek darkness be thy mirror, and thy whole remembrance.
The form of government, when it has been prudently established, produces citizens distinguished for bravery, justice, and every other good quality; whereas, on the other hand, bad institutions render men cowardly, rapacious, and slaves of every foul desire.
Governments are not overthrown by the poor, who have no power, but by the rich-when they are insulted by their inferiors and cannot obtain justice.
I felt like I wasn't doing justice to either side of my life. It wasn't pronounced. Publicity is an awkward thing to do. It is awkward to call people up all the time and ask them for things on a very basic level.
The devil's most devilish when respectable.
It’s nice enough to make a man weep, but I don’t weep, do you?
I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.