Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.

The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life.

Whoso does not see that genuine life is a battle and a march has poorly read his origin and his destiny.

affectation is fond of making a greater show than reality. ... Nature and truth have never learned to blow the trumpet, and never will.

Woman stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I'll come and rap on the ballot box.

The rarest attainment is to grow old happily and gracefully.

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.