"Why child, I haven't had time for marriage. Men are a nuisance anyhow, now aren't they? They're just boys grown up."

"Looking for nuggets is like hunting for a whisper in a big wind. You have to have an occupation to fall back on while…"

"When I saw something that needed doing, I did it."

"Virtue and Love are two ogres: one must eat the other."

"I have seen more than one woman drown her honor in the clear water of diamonds."

"The story of Margaret Haughery is one of the sweetest ever told. Her life is a lesson of love in charity which this a…"

"For my part, I remained a close prisoner, without a visit from a single person, none of my most intimate friends dari…"

"Besides, I had found a secret pleasure, during my confinement, from the perusal of good books, to which I had given m…"

"It is the merit of those who praise that makes the value of the commendation."

"To envy anybody is to confess ourselves his inferior."