The language of the face is not taught by the schools; it is intuitive, and to the observant is always legible.

Hope died as I was led unto my marriage bed.

I have never known my husband to approve any act of mine which I myself valued.

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.

Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare & profitless forever.

Much of the work of every life is done in the dark.

When I behold the passion for ornamentation, and the corresponding power, I feel as if women had so far shown what they are bad for, rather than what they are good for.