I could not unlove him now, merely because I found that he had ceased to notice me.

Friendship however is a plant which cannot be forced -- true friendship is no gourd spring up in a night and withering in a day.

Such is the imperfect nature of man! such spots are there on the disc of the clearest planet; and eyes like Miss Scatcherd's can only see those minute defects, and are blind to the full brightness of the orb.

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

I wished critics would judge me as an author, not as a woman.

I thank my Maker, that in the midst of judgment he has remembered mercy. I humbly entreat my Redeemer to give me strength to lead henceforth a purer life than I have done hitherto.

There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.