It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to myself, to my family, and to the world.

Who originated that most exquisite of inquisitions, the condolence system?

It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better and better.

Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.

A perfect marriage is like a pure heart ... those who have it are fit to see God.

The woman's personal identity is a vast undiscovered country -- with which Society has yet to acquaint itself, and by which it is yet to be revolutionized.

What an immense power over life is the power of possessing distinct aims.