“You have qualities which I had not before supposed to exist in such a degree in any human creature. You have some touches of the angel in you.”

The less said the better.

A vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.

Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.

But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea.

And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

I can always live by my pen.

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

It’s such a happiness when good people get together.

To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.

Each found her greatest safety in silence.

Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.

She has the intuition of an angel and fire like a dragon.

An angel cannot be blind to the fire below – lest she risk becoming it.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

Philosophy will clip an angel’s wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine – Unweave a rainbow.

When people call me God, I say, no, I’m still an angel or saint of acting. I still have a long way to go.

Do not give up if you get an opportunity to please someone, they are the angels who can give a grin on someone’s face.