Good-humor, gay spirits, are the liberators, the sure cure for spleen and melancholy. Deeper than tears, these irradiate the tophets with their glad heavens. Go laugh, vent the pits, transmuting imps into angels by the alchemy of smiles. The satans flee at the sight of these redeemers.

Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in woman.

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

Sleep on your writing; take a walk over it; scrutinize it of a morning; review it of an afternoon; digest it after a meal; let it sleep in your drawer a twelvemonth; never venture a whisper about it to your friend, if he be an author especially.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

Equanimity is the gem in virtue's chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar.