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

The laws of our being are such that we must perform some degree of use in the world, whether we intend it, or not; but we can deprive ourselves of its indwelling joy, by acting entirely from the love of self.

Yours for the unshackled exercise of every faculty by every human being.

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.

You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.

It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means.

Make people happy and there will not be half the quarreling, or a tenth part of the wickedness there now is.