Nothing gives small minds a better handle for hatred than superiority.

religion is poetry, - poetry is religion.

Art is sexless; - good work is eternal, no matter whether it is man or woman who has accomplished it. ... Ah, but the world will never own woman's work to be great even if it be so, because men give the verdict, and man's praise is for himself and his own achievements always.

There is nothing so inconvenient in this world as an absolutely truthful person, who can both speak and write, and has the courage of his convictions. One can always arrange matters with liars ... But with the man or woman who holds truth dearer than life, and honor more valuable than advancement, there is nothing to be done, now that governments cannot insist on the hemlock-cure, as in the case of Socrates.

I attribute my good fortune to the simple fact that I have always tried to write straight from my own heart to the hearts of others.

Such lovely warmth of thought and delicacy of colour are beyond all praise, and equally beyond all thanks!

Education! Is it education to teach the young that their chances of happiness depend on being richer than their neighbors? Yet that is what it all tends to. Get on! - be successful!