Politeness induces morality. Serenity of manners requires serenity of mind.

The blind must not only be fed and housed and cared for; they must learn to make thir lives useful to the community.

I never could be good when I was not happy.

I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.

I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

I think nothing is religion which puts one individual absolutely above others, and surely nothing is religion which puts one sex above another.

Many a woman will pass for elegant in a ballroom, or even at a court drawing room, whose want of true breeding would become evident in a chosen company.