Natural Objects Themselves, Even When They Make

How A Person Masters His Or Her Fate Is More Important Than What That Fate Is.

Women Are In This Respect More Fortunate Than Men, That Most Of Their Employments Are Of Such A Nature That They Can At The Same Time Be Thinking Of Quite Different Things.

I Lay Very Little Stress Either Upon Asking Or Giving Advice. Generally Speaking, They Who Ask Advice Know What They Wish To Do, And Remain Firm To Their Intentions. A Man May Allow Himself To Be Enlightened On Various Points, Even Upon Matters Of Expediency And Duty; But, After All, He Must Determine His Course Of Action, For Himself.

No Matter How Good Or Great A Man May Be, There Is Yet A Better And A Greater Man Within Him.

The Sea Has Been Called Deceitful And Treacherous, But There Lies In This Trait Only The Character Of A Great Natural Power, Which, To Speak According To Our Own Feelings, Renews Its Strength, And, Without Reference To Joy Or Sorrow, Follows Eternal Laws Which Are Imposed By A Higher Power.