What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

Money is concerned only with what is common to all: it asks for the exchange value, it reduces all quality and individuality to the question: How much?

奢侈者常嫌不够富足，节俭者虽贫穷却有余藏；奢侈者心常常贫困，节俭者的心常常富贵。

Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.