We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.
There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism.
Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness.
And when a woman’s will is as strong as the man’s who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.
The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.
You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.
No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.
In every parting there is an image of death.
You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man’s form of genius in you, and to suffer the slavery of being a girl.
Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.
The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.
When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.
Breed is stronger than pasture.
Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.
I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.
In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.
It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.