"Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little"

"Nature and wisdom never are at strife"

"The sound of the human voice is the best of nature but only if it comes out from the feelings"

"There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will"

"Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest"

"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature"

"The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do"

"Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal"

"The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men"

"To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea"

"It should seem, then, that the nature of society dictates another, a higher branch, whose superiority arises from its being the interested and natural conservator of the universal interest"