1. “God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us.”
2. “No one can be happy in eternal solitude.”
3. “It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love.”
4. “But he that dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose.”
5. “Life and hope must cease together.”
6. “There are great books in this world are great worlds in books.”
7. “Intimate acquaintance must precede real friendship.”
8. “It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.”
9. “There is always a but in this imperfect world.”
10. “I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.”
11. “The ties that binds us to life are tougher than you imagine or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking.”
12. “All our talents increase in the using and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.”
13. “I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.”
14. “A girl’s affections should never be won unsought.”
15. “If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.”
