Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything.

I think this power of living in our children is one of the sweetest things in the world.

For with eyes made clear by many tears, and a heart softened by the tenderest sorrow, she recognized the beauty of her sister's life—uneventful, unambitious, yet full of the genuine virtues which 'smell sweet, and blossom in the dust', the self-forgetfulness that makes the humblest on earth remembered soonest in heaven, the true success which is possible to all.

Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret.

I can't get over my disappointment in not being a boy.

I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day.

Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.