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!

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

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.

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!

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

If a woman be herself pure and noble-hearted, she will come into every circle as a person does into a heated room, who carries with him the freshness of the woods where he has been walking.

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