Housekeeping is not beautiful; it cheers and raises neither the husband, the wife, nor the child; neither the host nor the guest;it oppresses women. A house kept to the end of prudence is laborious without joy; a house kept to the end of display is impossible to all but a few women, and their success is dearly bought.

Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit, and not give the bread of life.

Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely

The influence of fine scenery, the presence of mountains, appeases our irritations and elevates our friendships.

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startles out wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto.

Europe extends to the Alleghenies; America lies beyond.

There is properly no history, only biography.