There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?""Are you a young lady?""I am a thousand times better: I am an honest woman, and as such I will be treated.

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love our friends for their sakes rather than for our own.

Some of the best people that ever lived have been as destitute as I am; and if you are a Christian, you ought not to consider poverty a crime.

Whether truth--be it religious or moral truth--speak eloquently and in well-chosen language or not, its voice should be heard with reverence.