Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

Oh! I always deserve the best treatment, because I never put up with any other; and, therefore, you must give me a plain, direct answer.

I like good strong words that mean something, and I can’t abide the little elegant ones that say nothing at all; I had rather have a single honest sentence, rough and true, than a page of silken phrases that slip through your fingers and leave you empty-handed when you most want help.

If people care more for my clothes than they do for me, I don’t wish to see them; for I’d rather be what I am, and speak my mind, and do my work, than sit in silk and be stared at for a doll, when there’s honest living to be earned and honest words to be said.

We women are not cowards. We think, and we wait, and we work; and sometimes our waiting and our working save lives, though we do not go out with swords. If there is darkness, let me be of use in it, for courage is not only a man’s.

Remember, my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker.`

I want you to believe… to believe in things that you cannot.

Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.

God has supplied man with the intelligence that enables him to overcome the limitations of natural conditions. I furnished myself with a light.

I have the philosophy of the one and the wit of the other.

I am not cruel, only just; I do unto others what they have done unto me.

You think me rich because I have gold; I am rich because I have time.