I doubt whether I ever read any description of scenery which gave me an idea of the place described.

But she knew this,—that it was necessary for her happiness that she should devote herself to some one. All the elegancies and outward charms of life were delightful, if only they could be used as the means to some end. As an end themselves they were nothing.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

A husband is very much like a house or a horse.

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

There are some achievements which are never done in the presence of those who hear of them. Catching salmon is one, and working all night is another.

The mind of the thinker and the student is driven to admit, though it be awe-struck by apparent injustice, that this inequality is the work of God. Make all men equal to-day, and God has so created them that they shall be all unequal to-morrow.