Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love.

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.

Let every birthday be a festival, a time when the gladness of the house finds expression in flowers, in gifts, in a little fête. Never should a birthday be passed over without note, or as if it were a common day, never should it cease to be a garlanded milestone in the road of life.

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

Creative genius is a divinely bestowed gift which is the coronation of the few.

No one should teach who is not in love with teaching.

Mind does dominate body. We are superior to the house in which we dwell.