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.

Love is the pass-key to the heart.

Make your best thoughts into action.

Reason ought not, like vanity, to adorn herself with ancient parchments, and the display of a genealogical tree; more dignified in her proceedings, and proud of her immortal nature, she ought to derive everything from herself.

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

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

Fortune does not change [people], it unmasks them.