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

And the good fairy said, I won't leave you money or pretty dresses but I will leave you the spirit to seek your fortune from your own efforts.

Don't cry so bitterly, but remember this day, and resolve with all your soul that you will never know another like it.

We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.

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

I never knew how much like heaven this world could be, when two people love and live for one another!

Work is always my salvation and I will celebrate it.