“Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad.”

“I envy that man who passes through life safely, to the world and fame unknown.”

“A woman should always stand by a woman.”

“Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.”

“Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.”

“The object of Art is to give life a shape.”

“I have heard it saidThere is an art which in their piedness sharesWith great creating nature.”

“The astronomers said, 'Give us matter and a little motion and we will construct the universe. It is not enough that we should have matter, we must also have a single impulse, one shove to launch the mass and generate the harmony of the centrifugal and centripetal forces.' ... There is no end to the consequences of the act. That famous aboriginal push propagates itself through all the balls of the system, and through every atom of every ball.”