It has been said that self-respect is the gate of heaven, and the most cursory observation shows that a degree of reserve adds vastly to the latent f….

There are beauties of character which, like the night-blooming cereus, are closed against the glare and turbulence of every-day life, and bloom only ….

There is to the poetical sense a ravishing prophecy and winsome intimation in flowers that now and then, from the influence of mood of circumstance, ….

Credulity is perhaps a weakness almost inseparable from eminently truthful characters..

Professed authors who overestimate their vocation are too full of themselves to be agreeable companions. The demands of their egotism are inveterate..

A pilgrimage is an admirable remedy for over-fastidiousness and sickly refinement..

Literature is so common a luxury that the age has grown fastidious..

Reason is not time only interpreter of life. The fountain of action is in time feelings..

The mind's only perfect vassal..

Fashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency..

No man flatters the woman he truly loves..

Far better one unpurchased heart than glory's proudest name..

Let us recognize the beauty and power of true enthusiasm; and whatever we may do to enlighten ourselves and others, guard against checking or chillin….

The French have a significant saying, that a woman who buys her complexion will sell it..

Professed authors who overestimate their vocation are too full of themselves to be agreeable companions. The demands of their egotism are inveterate.….

Whatever is genuine in social relations endures, despite of time, error, absence, and destiny; and that which has no inherent vitality had better die….

To a nice ear, the quality of a voice is singularly affecting. Its depth seems to be allied to feeling; at least, the contralto notes alone give an a….

Had we a privilege of calling up by the power of memory only such passages as were pleasing, unmixed with such as were disagreeable, we might then ex….