Don't shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world's work, for it all affects you and yours.

Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true and we could live in them?

I'm afraid I couldn't like him without a spice of human naughtiness.

Where's the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares whether I'm pretty or not?

It was fortunate that tea was at hand, to produce a lull and provide refreshment,— for they would have been hoarse and faint if they had gone on much longer.

You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.

If I didn't care about doing right and didn't feel uncomfortable doing wrong, I should get on capitally.