Fashion is not public opinion, or the result of embodiment of public opinion. It may be that public opinion will condemn the shape of a bonnet, as it may venture to do always, and with the certainty of being right nine times in ten: but fashion will place it upon the head of every woman in America; and, were it literally a crown of thorns, she would smile contentedly beneath the imposition.

There is no point where art so nearly touches nature as when it appears in the form of words.

Character lives in a man, reputation outside of him.

I have learned that to do one's next duty is to take a step toward all that is worth possessing.

A noble deed is a step towards heaven.

Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility.

Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will.