There is one form of hope which is never unwise, and which certainly does not diminish with the increase of knowledge. In that form it changes its name, and we call it patience.

Though Hope be a small child, she can carry a great anchor!

Keep we to the broad truths before us; duty here; knowledge comes alone in the Hereafter.

A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.

Revolutions are not made with rosewater.

A sense of contentment makes us kindly and benevolent to others; we are not chafed and galled by cares which are tyrannical because original. We are fulfilling our proper destiny, and those around us feel the sunshine of our own hearts.

The heart of a girl is like a convent--the holier the cloister, the more charitable the door.