Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.