“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.”

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

“Your very silence shows you agree.”

“The desire of gold is not for gold. It is not the love of much wheat, and wool and household stuff. It is the means of freedom and benefit.”

“Does not beauty confer a benefit upon us, even by the simple fact of being beautiful?”

“I don't think there's a thing I own that I will ever get the benefit of except through doing things with it.”