A good woman is the loveliest flower that blooms under heaven; and we look with love and wonder upon its silent grace, its pure fragrance, its delicate bloom of beauty.

Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.

A woman's heart is just like a lithographer's stone; what is once written upon it cannot be rubbed out.

The great quality of Dulness is to be unalterably contented with itself.

It is an awful thing to get a glimpse, as one sometimes does, when the time is past, of some little, little wheel which works the whole mighty machinery of fate, and see how our destinies turn on a minute's delay or advance.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.