"Nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter."
"All our lives, we have seen our sister-women suffer, in themselves and in their children."
"Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine."
"Hearts confined with cobwebs would burst at last, and then Love was avenged."
"What happiness was ours that day, what joy, what rest, what hope, what gratitude, what bliss!"
"It is true that 'How Not to Do It' was the great study and object of all public departments and professional politicians."
"What if I am steeped in poverty? You lighten it, and we will be poor together."