Marriage is a poor fate for a woman.
When life doesn't find a singer to sing your heart, it produces a philosopher to speak your mind
Khalil Gibran
Reject the thirst for books, so that you may not die with complaints, but serenely.
Marcus Aurelius
All virtues have illegitimate sisters who dishonor the family.
Multatuli
It is satisfaction that breaks the fervor.
Georges Duhamel
Men should be what they seem, or at least not appear to be what they are not.
William Shakespeare