I sometimes think one of the great blessings we shall enjoy in heaven, will be to receive letters by every post and never be obliged to reply to them.
Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven.
There is in every true woman’s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
Good temper, like a sunny day, sheds a ray of brightness over everything; it is the sweetener of toil and the soother of disquietude!
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced.
I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.
Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
The only happy author in this world is he who is below the care of reputation.
I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart.
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.
There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
They who drink beer will think beer.
One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.