Occupation: Novelist Birth: August 11, 1821 Death: December 29, 1890
Providence has so ordained it, that only two women have a true interest in the happiness of a man--his own mother, and the mother of his children. Be….
The ideal itself is but truth clothed in the forms of art..
Most women indulge in idle gossip, which is the henchman of rumor and scandal..
Next to the disapproval of our friends, the approval of our enemies is most to be dreaded..
Kindness is the only charm permitted to the aged; it is the coquetry of white hairs..