Want of perseverance is the great fault of women in everything--morals, attention to health, friendship, and so on. It cannot be too often repeated that women never reach the end of anything through want of perseverance.

One of the first observations to make in conversation is the state, or the character, and the education of the person to whom we speak.

Elegance is exquisite polish.

You may be more prodigal of time than of money.

Fiction is a potent agent for good--in the hands of the good.

Recognized probity is the surest of all oaths.

Want of perseverance is the great fault of women in everything--morals, attention to health, friendship, and so on. It cannot be too often repeated that women never reach the end of anything through want of perseverance.