The humble soul is like the violet, which grows low, hangs the head downward, and hides itself with its own leaves..

Gentle feelings produce profoundly beneficial effects upon stern natures. It is the spring rain which melts the ice-covering of the earth, and causes….

It is quite affecting to observe how much the olive tree is to the country people. Its fruit supplies them with food, medicine and light; its leaves,….

North America is not altogether to blame with regard to her Indians. If the Indian had been more susceptible to higher culture, violence and arms wou….

A fly is a very light burden; but if it were perpetually to return and settle on one's nose, it might weary us of our very lives..

People seek for the spiritual champagne, but they mistake what it is..

The human heart is like heaven; the more angels the more room..

If you will learn the seriousness of life, and its beauty also, live for your husband; make him happy..

Serenity of manners is the zenith of beauty..

Ah! the curse of slavery, as the common phrase goes, has fallen not merely on the black but perhaps at this moment still more upon the white, because….

When the first time of love is over, there comes a something better still. Then comes that other love; that faithful friendship which never changes, ….

I have not, in general, much belief in the ability of woman as a creative artist. Unwritten lyrics, as [Ralph Waldo] Emerson said once when we conver….

for the first time I tasted this tropical fruit, which people here are so fond of. ... I could have fancied I was biting into soap. I have a notion t….

What a glorious new Scandinavia might not Minnesota become! Here the Swede would find again his clear, romantic lakes, the plains of Scane rich in co….

Who has not experienced how, on near acquaintance, plainness becomes beautified, and beauty loses its charm, exactly according to the quality of the ….

I have never as yet gone a step to see a literary lion; but I would go a considerable way to see Emerson, this pioneer in the moral forests of the Ne….

At a certain depth all bosoms communicate, all hearts are one..

There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life..

These Americans believe that everything is possible..