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.