Energy is more attractive than beauty in a man.

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.

I hate ordinary people!

It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.

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

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.