The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.

We have no right to come forward and urge wider changes for good, until we have tried to alter the evils which lie under our own hands.

We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, "Oh, nothing!" Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our hurts— not to hurt others.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations.

Self-consciousness of the manner is the expensive substitute for simplicity.

Men and women make sad mistakes about their own symptoms, taking their vague uneasy longings, sometimes for genius, sometimes for religion, and oftener still for a mighty love.