Now we are expected to be as wise as men who have had generations of all the help there is, and we scarcely anything.

Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.

I put in my list all the busy, useful independent spinsters I know, for liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.

So she doesn't call desertion, poverty, and hard work troubles? She's a brave little girl, and I shall be proud to know her.

Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost.

Girls could do most things as well as boys, and some things better.

Beth could not reason upon or explain the faith that gave her courage and patience to give up life, and cheerfully wait for death. Like a confiding child, she asked no questions, but left everything to God and nature, Father and Mother of us all, feeling sure that they, and they only, could teach and strengthen heart and spirit for this life and the life to come.