Better a false belief than no belief at all.

The moment of finding a fellow-creature is often as full of mingled doubt and exultation, as the moment of finding an idea.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him, Reckoning his skill with opportunity.

That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don't quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part of the divine power against evil -- widening the skirts of light and making the struggle with darkness narrower.

I shall be so glad if you will tell me what to read. I have been looking into all the books in the library at Offendene, but there is nothing readable. The leaves all stick together and smell musty. I wish I could write books to amuse myself, as you can! How delightful it must be to write books after one's own taste instead of reading other people's! Home-made books must be so nice.

You are a good young man," she said. "But I do not like husbands. I will never have another.