Our children, Edward, Agnes, and little Mary, promise well; their education, for the time being, is chiefly committed to me; and they shall want no g….

Life and hope must cease together..

if I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation.

I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world..

I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in conversation..

The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking..

God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us..

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine..

But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when ….

There are great books in this world and great worlds in books..

I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes..

It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love..

My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze..

Well, but you affirm that virtue is only elicited by temptation; - and you think that a woman cannot be too little exposed to temptation, or too litt….

What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed..

A little girl loves her bird--Why? Because it lives and feels; because it is helpless and harmless? A toad, likewise, lives and feels, and is equally….

It is a hard, embittering thing to have one's kind feelings and good intentions cast back in one's teeth..

No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect..

Then, you must fall each into your proper place. You'll do your business, and she, if she's worthy of you, will do hers; but it's your business to pl….

How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!.

To represent a bad thing in its least offensive light is, doubtless, the most agreeable course for a writer of fiction to pursue; but is it the most ….