Dogs can bear more cold than human beings, but they do not like cold any better than we do; and when a dog has his choice, he will very gladly stretch himself on a rug before the fire for his afternoon nap.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

We can make ourselves say the kind things that rise in our hearts and tremble on our lips - do the gentle and helpful deeds which we long to do and shrink back from; and little by little, it will grow easier - the love spoken will bring back the answer of love - the kind deed will bring back a kind deed in return.

Women are the true modelers of social order.

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

People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first. Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.