It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, - always do what you are afraid to do.

But the nearer the dawn the darker the night, And by going wrong all things come right. Things have been mended that were worse, and the the worse, the nearer they are to mend.

There is nothing perfectly secure but poverty.

As Unto the bow the the cord is , So unto the man is woman; Though she bends him, she obeys him, Though she draws him , yet she follows: Useless each without the other.

It is a beautiful trait in the lover's character, that they think no evil of the object loved.

Rule by patience, Laughing Water!

A noble type of good. Heroic womanhood.