There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.

Who has not seen how women bully women? What tortures have men to endure compared to those daily repeated shafts of scorn and cruelty with which poor women are riddled by the tyrants of their sex?

Oh, brother wearers of motley, are there not moments when one grows sick of grinning and trembling and the jingling of cap and bells?

We can't all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.

There's a great power of imagination about these little creatures, and a creative fancy and belief that is very curious to watch . . . I am sure that horrid matter-of-fact child-rearers . . . do away with the child's most beautiful privilege. I am determined that Anny shall have a very extensive and instructive store of learning in Tom Thumbs, Jack-the-Giant-Killers, etc.

What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!

A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.