A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.

I have often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortunes.

He who wins a thousand common hearts is entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.