the beginning of my history is - love. It is the beginning of every man and every woman's history, if they are only frank enough to admit it.

There is no Death,/What seems so is transition.

And out of heart's pain comes heart's peace; and out of desire, accomplishment.

There is nothing so depressing as a constant contemplation of one's self, and the greatest moral cowardice in the world's opinion comes from consulting one's own personal convenience.

in my opinion, the Divine is revealed to all men once at least in their lives.

Pleasure for others is the only pleasure possible to me. I assure you I'm quite selfish! - I'm greedy for the happiness of those I love - and if they can't or won't be happy I'm perfectly miserable.

the world is not always kind to a clever woman even when she is visibly known to be earning her own living. There are always spiteful tongues wagging in the secret corners and byways, ready to assert that her work is not her own and and that some man is in the background, helping to keep her!