It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies 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.

Galileo called doubt the father of invention; it is certainly the pioneer.

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.

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

To cultivate a garden is. . . to go hand in hand with Nature in some of her most beautiful processes.