I'm not going to school just for the academics - I wanted to share ideas, to be around people who are passionate about learning.

Reason to rule, but mercy to forgive: the first is law, the last prerogative.

Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't.

I'm a perfectionist, and I'm pretty tough on myself.

让女性成为理性的生物和自由的公民，她们很快就会成为好妻子；——也就是说，如果男性不忽视丈夫和父亲的职责。

我不害怕失败，我害怕不去尝试。

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.