There's looks as speaks as strong as words.

... up to this date, I have never been shut up in a separate room, or hedged off with any observances. My study, all the study I have attained to, is the little 2nd drawing room where all the (feminine) life of the house goes on; and I don't think I have ever had two hours undisturbed (except at night, when everybody is in bed) during my whole literary life.

I think reading a novel is almost next best to having something to do.

It is often easier to justify one's self to others than to respond to the secret doubts that arise in one's own bosom.

I scarcely remember any writer who has ever ventured to say that the half of the work of the world is actually accomplished by women; and very few husbands who would be otherwise than greatly startled and amazed, if not indignant, if not derisive, at the suggestion of such an idea as that the work of their wives was equal to their own.

Next to happiness, perhaps enmity is the most healthful stimulant of the human mind.

There's looks as speaks as strong as words.