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

Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret.

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.

Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.

My only answer is, if my grave stood open on one side and you upon the other I'd go into my grave before I would take one step to meet you.

Where's the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares whether I'm pretty or not?

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.