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

Order in a house ought to be like the machinery in opera, whose effect produces great pleasure, but whose ends must be hid.

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.

The heart of a good man is the sanctuary of God in this world.

The old age of women is bearable only on condition that they do not take up any room, do not make any noise, do not demand any service; on condition that they render all the service that is expected of them, and actually have no existence except for the good of others.

Indulgence, twin sister of guilt.

Where love and wisdom drink out of the same cup, in this everyday world, it is the exception.