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

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.