Woman is born for love, and it is impossible to turn her from seeking it.

Who does not observe the immediate glow and security that is diffused over the life of woman, before restless or fretful, by engaging in gardening, building, or the lowest department of art? Here is something that is not routine--something that draws forth life towards the infinite.

There are noble books but one wants the breath of life sometimes.

The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.

... the Power who gave a power, by its mere existence, signifies that it must be brought out towards perfection.

Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering pot and the pruning knife.

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - a house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.