"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."

"What are men to rocks and mountains?"

"Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion."

"Each found her greatest safety in silence."

"Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves."

"We do not suffer by accident."