The body grows by food and work, the mind by use, and the soul through joy and pain.

Youth asks no greater privilege than to fight its own battles. It is mistaken kindness to shield - it weakens one in the years to come.

Of all the things that make for happiness, the love of books comes first. No matter how the world may have used us, sure solace lies there.

It is possible for a spinster to be disappointed in lovers, but only the married are ever disappointed in love.

Art, if it is art, will develop in whatever circumstances it is placed.

A bird is joy incarnate.

Making an issue of a little thing is one of the surest ways to spoil happiness.