It is not designed that the road should be made too smooth for us here upon earth.

A generous spirit is as eloquent in acknowledging benefits as it is bounteous in bestowing them.

To be truly and really independent is to support ourselves by our own exertions.

The flatterer easily insinuates himself into the closet, while honest merit stands shivering in the hall or antechamber.

Don't live to please others. Don't think everyone else knows what's right or true. Listen to yourself, and be true to yourself. That way, no matter what else happens in life, you will always have your self-respect.

National antipathy is the basest, because the most illiberal and illiterate of all prejudices.

In the career of female fame, there are few prizes to tie obtained which can vie with the obscure state of a beloved wife or a happy mother.