A fly is a very light burden; but if it were perpetually to return and settle on one's nose, it might weary us of our very lives.

I have not, in general, much belief in the ability of woman as a creative artist. Unwritten lyrics, as [Ralph Waldo] Emerson said once when we conversed on this subject, should be her forte.

The human heart is like heaven; the more angels the more room.

If you will learn the seriousness of life, and its beauty also, live for your husband; make him happy.

Who has not experienced how, on near acquaintance, plainness becomes beautified, and beauty loses its charm, exactly according to the quality of the heart and mind? And from this cause am I of opinion that the want of outward beauty never disquiets a noble nature or will be regarded as a misfortune. It never can prevent people from being amiable and beloved in the highest degree.

At a certain depth all bosoms communicate, all hearts are one.

Gentle feelings produce profoundly beneficial effects upon stern natures. It is the spring rain which melts the ice-covering of the earth, and causes it to open to the beams of heaven.