There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.
Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and today a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines.
No woman should say, “I am but a woman!” But a woman! What more can you ask to be?
When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.
The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the curtain that hides the infinite from us.