At twenty-five, girls begin to talk about being old maids, but secretly resolve that they never will. At thirty, they say nothing about it, but quietly accept the fact.

The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.

Nothing seemed impossible in the beginning.

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

People cannot be molded like clay.

It's lovely to see people so happy.

…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.