It is with charity as with money--the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.

At the best, sarcasms, bitter irony, scathing wit, are a sort of swordplay of the mind. You pink your adversary, and he is forthwith dead; and then you deserve to be hung for it.

In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.

Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.

Rejecting the miracles of Christ, we still have the miracle of Christ Himself.

Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.

Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect.