All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.

I am worn to a raveling.

I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.

I do so hate finishing books. I would like to go on with them for years.

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

I hold an old-fashioned notion that a happy marriage is the crown of a woman’s life.