I certainly had no idea how little faith Christians have in their own faith till I saw how ill their courage and temper can stand any attack on it.
Harriet MartineauI think that few people are aware how early it is right to respect the modesty of an infant.
Harriet MartineauWhen once experience taught me that I could work when I chose, and within a quarter of an hour of my determining to do so, I was relieved, in a great measure, from those embarrassments and depressions which I see afflicting many an author who waits for a mood instead of summoning it, and is the sport, instead of the master, of his own impressions and ideas.
Harriet MartineauIf there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.
Harriet Martineau