Charity is an unending self-discipline which always looks and leads towards the eternal affection. Therefore, its triumph shall be lasting and everlasting.

The language of the face is not taught by the schools; it is intuitive, and to the observant is always legible.

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.

It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one's self, never above others.

I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

The broken eggshell of a civilization which time has hatched and devoured.

We, women of one country, Will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.

God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.

Life is like a cup of tea, the sugar is all at the bottom!

Much of the work of every life is done in the dark.

It is rather exciting to write by moonlight.

The great tragedy of Science: the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

Being a language, mathematics may be used not only to inform but also, among other things, to seduce.

Life is not a race, but a journey to be savoured each step of the way. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.

There is always going to be pain. There is always going to be pleasure. But what is not always going to be there is balance, happiness. That is a personal decision.

Appearance should never attain reality, And if nature conquers, then must art retire.

Enthusiasm, like the breath of God, transforms everything.

Those who give up cannot gain victory.

You don't actually get over things… you incorporate them. They become part of everything you are. I don't mean that you walk about crying all the time. But you change.