“If you go to the married state, lead the man with tender hand. Much too strong women's power makes the husbands sour.
“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
“If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.
“I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better
“Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it
“Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole