This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can achieve.

There were six dolls to be taken up and dressed every morning, for Beth was a child still, and loved her pets as well as ever. Not one whole or handsome one among them; all were outcasts till Beth took them in; for, when her sisters outgrew these idols, they passed to her.... Beth cherished them all the more tenderly for that very reason, and set up a hospital for infirm dolls. No pins were ever stuck into their cotton vitals; no harsh words or blows were ever given them; no neglect ever saddened the heart of the most repulsive: but all were fed and clothed, nursed and caressed, with an affection which never failed.

There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.”

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.

It has been the privilege and the honor of my life to know you.

Even brilliant scientists Google themselves.

Imagine how different a world might be if more leaders took time to ponder the finality of death before racing off to war.

Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you.

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

A fondness for reading, properly directed, must be an education in itself.

[B]eauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.

There is a man who would give his life to keep a life you love beside you.

“Before I go," he said, and paused -- "I may kiss her?"

It was remembered afterwards that when he bent down and touched her face with his lips, he murmured some words. The child, who was nearest to him, told them afterwards, and told her grandchildren when she was a handsome old lady, that she heard him say, "A life you love.”

Beauty is of little consequence.

It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.

What business had I to think of one that never thought of me?

I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given to those who made so bad a use of it, and denied to some who would make it a benefit to both themselves and others.

Did it never strike your mind that what every woman says, some women may feel?

W: You don't really feel that way about me you know. It's this body... she's pretty isn't she?

I: She is. Melanie is a very pretty girl. Even beautiful. But pretty as she is, she is a stranger to me. She's not the one I... care about.

W: It's this body.

I: That's not true at all. It's not the face, but the expressions on it. It's not the voice, but what they say. It's not how you look like in that body, it's what you do with it. You are beautiful.