A woman may love a man she has hated, never one she has despised, seldom one who has been indifferent to her.
A woman is seldom jealous of another on account of her intellectual attainments, but if her bosom friend has on purpose or by mere chance eclipsed her by her dress at a party, they will probably be no longer on speaking terms.
Scientific men are generally the most honest of men, because their minds are constantly bent on the pursuit of truth.
It requires a head better screwed on the shoulders to stand success than to endure misfortune.
The world is not ruled by men of talent, but by men of character.