Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.

Danger arouses interest. Where death is involved, the vilest criminal invariably stirs a little compassion.

From the manner in which a woman draws her thread at every stitch of her needlework, any other woman can surmise her thoughts.

To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect.

To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.

A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons - the least rewarded of all forms of courage.

Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Misfortune is a stepping stone for a genius, a piscina for a Christian, a treasure for a man of parts, and an abyss for a weakling.