The nest may be constructed, so far as the sticks go, by the male bird; but only the hen can line it with moss and down!

Ours is the old, old story of every uprising race or class or order. The work of elevation must be wrought by ourselves or not at all.

My great panacea for making society at once better and more enjoyable would be to cultivate greater sincerity.

I could discern clearly, even at that early age, the essential difference between people who are kind to dogs and people who really love them.

Our sex bears the disgrace not only of a great deal of genuine poltroonery, but also of much which is mere affectation.

Men give us most rarely that which we really want, not favor, but - Justice. Nothing is easier than to coax them to pet us like children, nothing more difficult than to persuade them to treat us like responsible human beings.

Pleasures of the mind have this advantage,--they never cloy nor wear themselves out, but increase by employment.