A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed.

The female population exceeds the male, you know, especially in New England, which accounts for the high state of culture we are in, perhaps.

Power is a dangerous thing. Be careful that you don't abuse it or let it make a tyrant of you.

If you dear little girls would only learn what real beauty is, and not pinch and starve and bleach yourselves out so, you'd save an immense deal of time and money and pain. A happy soul in a healthy body makes the best sort of beauty for man or woman.

Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?

I love my liberty too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any mortal man.