Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than personal liking.

The early months of marriage often are times of critical tumult,--whether that of a shrimp pool or of deeper water,--which afterwards subside into cheerful peace.

Mighty is the force of motherhood! It transforms all things by its vital heat.

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.

We are rather apt to consider an act wrong because it is unpleasant to us.

Fatally powerful as religious systems have been, human nature is stronger and wider, and though dogmas may hamper they cannot absolutely repress its growth.

I will to make life less bitter for a few within my reach.