By Mdlle. de Lespinasse

A woman would be in despair if Nature had formed her as fashion makes her appear.

Mme. Fee

Do not take women from the bedside of those who suffer; it is their post of honor.

By Eugenie de Guerin

A mother’s tenderness and caresses are the milk of the heart.

By Margaret Deland

The best things of our nature fashion themselves in silence.

By Edith Wharton