"Inexperienced girls flatter themselves with the notion..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“An attack on the roots of passion means an attack on the roots of life.”

“The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill-temper.”

“We evaluate the services that anyone renders to us according to the value he puts on them, not according to the value they have for us.”

“The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.”

“I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It is the ultimate source of success in life.”

“Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”

“I love stories about women.”

“When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed that's all there was.”

“No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.”