Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.

The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.

Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which they weary themselves.