No friendship is so cordial or so delicious as that of girl for girl; no hatred so intense and immovable as that of woman for woman.

Consult duty not events.

There is a vast deal of vital air in loving words.

We may receive so much light as not to see, and so much philosophy as to be worse than foolish.

I hate false words, and seek with care, difficulty, and moroseness, those that fit the thing.

Consciousness of error is, to a certain extent, a consciousness of understanding; and correction of error is the plainest proof of energy and mastery.

Justice is often pale and melancholy; but Gratitude, her daughter, is constantly in the flow of spirits and the bloom of loveliness.