Our first love-letter ... There is so much to be said, and which no words seems exactly to say - the dread of saying too much is so nicely balanced by the fear of saying too little. Hope borders on presumption, and fear on reproach.

The rich know not how hard it is to be of needful rest and needful food debarred.

I have no parting sigh to give, so take my parting smile.

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

Curiosity and courtesy are very often at variance.

I have a respect for family pride. If it be a prejudice, it is a prejudice in its most picturesque shape. But I hold it is connected with some of the noblest feelings in our nature.

Consistency is a human word, but it certainly expresses nothing human.