Humankind above all is lazy.

When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that 's just the place and time that the tide'll turn.

The world has been busy for some centuries in shutting and locking every door through which a woman could step into wealth, except the door of marriage.

How, then, shall a Christian bear fruit? By efforts and struggles to obtain that which is freely given; by meditations on watchfulness, on prayer, on action, on temptation, and on dangers? No, there must be a full concentration of the thoughts and affections on Christ; a complete surrender of the whole being to him; a constant looking to him for grace.

What's your hurry?" Because now is the only time there ever is to do a thing in," said Miss Ophelia.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.