Hurry is only admissible in catching flies.

Look not to a woman's head for her brains, but rather to her heart.

Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing, and doing it assiduously.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

A woman who wants a charitable heart wants a pure mind.

Coerced innocence is like an imprisoned lark,--open the door, and it is off forever. The bird that roams through the sky and the groves unrestrained knows how to dodge the hawk and protect itself; but the caged one, the moment it leaves its bars and bolts behind, is pounced upon by the fowler or the vulture.

Vanity is not half a bad principle, if it will but stick to legitimate business.