In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.

My own opinion is that youthfulness of feeling is retained, as is youthfulness of appearance, by constant use of the intellect.

In home life contentment is an essential to daily comfort. One discontented person in the house creates an atmosphere fatal to tranquillity.

Books have been to me what gold is to the miser, what new fields are to the explorer.

Broadly speaking, nervous women may be divided into two classes - those who are really nervous, and those who imagine themselves to be so.

Memory is a trustworthy servant as long as it is made to serve.

I would not, if I could, give up the memory of the joy I have had in books for any advantage that could be offered in other pursuits or occupations. Books have been to me what gold is to the miser, what new fields are to the explorer.