Never was it given to mortal man – To lie so boldly as we women can. – Alexander Pope
Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest. – Alexander Pope

Never was it given to mortal man – To lie so boldly as we women can. – Alexander Pope
Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest. – Alexander Pope
It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles: the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out. – Alexander Pope
Working moms commonly testify that they feel guilty when they are away from their children and guilty when they are not at their jobs. Devoted fathers certainly miss their children deeply, but it does not seem to be with the same gnawing, primal anxiety that often afflicts women. – Camille Paglia
Our life is March weather, savage and serene in one hour. We go forth austere, dedicated, believing in the iron links of Destiny, and will not turn on our heel to save our life: but a book, or a bust, or only the sound of a name, shoots a spark through the nerves, and we suddenly believe in will… – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Representative Men: Seven Lectures, “IV: Montaigne; Or, the