Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature; for never is life so low or so little as when occupied with the present.

A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.

Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library.

It is easy to look down on others; to look down on ourselves is the difficulty.

If in argument we can make a man angry with us, we have drawn him from his vantage ground and overcome him.

A smile is ever the most bright and beautiful with a tear upon it. What is the dawn without the dew? The tear is rendered by the smile precious above the smile itself.

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.