I hope I am not uncharitable, yet I cannot conceive of committing an
act through love of any man, which would lower me in his esteem, once
committed. Yet of course I have had little experience in life, with
men, or with temptation. But it seems to me I could not continue to
love a man who did not seek to lead me higher. The moment he stood
before me and asked me to descend, I should realise he was to be
pitied--not adored.

I told mother this, and she said I was too young and inexperienced to
form decided opinions on such subjects, and she warned me that I must
not become uncharitable. She wept bitterly as she thought of my
becoming narrow or bigoted in my ideas, dear, tender-hearted mamma.

Death should be called the Great Revealer instead of the Great
Destroyer.

Some people think the way into heaven is through embroidered altar
cloths.

The soul that has any conception of its own possibilities does not
fear solitude.

A girl told me to-day that a rude man annoyed her by staring at her
in a public conveyance. It never occurred to her that it takes four
eyes to make a stare annoying.

Astronomers know more about the character of the stars than the
average American mother knows about the temperament of her daughters.