Being alone when one's belief is firm, is not to be alone.

Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.

To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.

When the foot of the' mountain is enveloped in mist, the mountain appears to us much loftier than it is; so also when the ground and basis of a disaster is not clear to us.

The best and simplest cosmetic for women is constant gentleness and sympathy for the noblest interests of her fellow-creatures. This preserves and gives to her features an indelibly gay, fresh, and agreeable expression. If women would but realize that harshness makes them ugly, it would prove the best means of conversion.

Being alone when one's belief is firm, is not to be alone.

I have been young and am now old, and have not yet known an untruthful man to come to a good end.