When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop read more

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. -Mark Twain.

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property read more

For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than read more

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs read more

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.

My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.