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.

Mine first --mine last-- mine even in the grave!

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

Persuasive influences are better than any amount of moralizing.

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

At twenty-five, girls begin to talk about being old maids, but secretly resolve that they never will. At thirty, they say nothing about it, but quietly accept the fact.

Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety; it shows itself in acts rather than words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations.