Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.

In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.

That acknowledgment of weakness which we make in imploring to be relieved from hunger and from temptation is surely wisely put in our daily prayer. Think of it, you who are rich, and take heed how you turn a beggar away.

It's a great comfort to some people to groan over their imaginary ills.

You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your wealth.

Tis misfortune that awakens ingenuity, or fortitude, or endurance, in hearts where these qualities had never come to life but for the circumstance which gave them a being.

Society having ordained certain customs, men are bound to obey the law of society, and conform to its harmless orders.