“It is a greater work to educate a child, in the true and larger sense of the word, than to rule a state”

“Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.”

“Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem”

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays”

“Courage considered in itself or without reference to its causes, is no virtue, and deserves no esteem”

“No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.”