Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.

The most welcome guest in society will ever be the one to whose mind everything is a suggestion, and whose words suggest something to everybody.

Next to genius is the power of feeling where true genius lies.

self-control, in every station and to every individual, is indispensable, if people would retain that equanimity of mind, which, depending on self-respect, is the essential of contentment and happiness.

In this age of innovation perhaps no experiment will have an influence more important on the character and happiness of our society than the granting to females the advantages of a systematic and thorough education.

What a ready passport wealth gives its possessor to the good opinions of this world!

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.