He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most explicit and direct manner. He tries to compress as much thought as possible into a few words. On the contrary, the man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who seems to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that he always obscures, and very frequently conceals them.

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Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it

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Enthusiasts soon understand each other.

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He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.

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A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.

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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.

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The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.

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I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

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Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven

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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.

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