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.

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

I will make a battering-ram of my head and make my way through this rough and tumble world.

Love is apt to make lunatics of even men and saints.

Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.

Now and then genius carries all before it, but not often. We have to climb slowly, with many slips and falls.

To me, love isn't all. I must look up, not down, trust and honor with my whole heart, and find strenght and integrity to lean on