We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.
Girls could do most things as well as boys, and some things better.
Men are often bad, but babies never are.
To marry without love betrays as surely as to love without marriage.
It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.