The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

There are occasions ... when all consolation is base and it is a duty to despair.

There is no outward mark of politeness that does not have a profound moral reason. The right education would be that which taught the outward mark and the moral reason together.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.