“There is a wisdom of the head, and... there is a wisdom of the heart.”

“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.”

“[T]he wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile.”

“Mr. Tracy Tupman—the too susceptible Tupman, who to the wisdom and experience of maturer years superadded the enthusiasm and ardour of a boy in the most interesting and pardonable of human weaknesses—love.”

“At length it became high time to remember the first clause of that great discovery made by the ancient philosopher, for securing health, riches, and wisdom; the infallibility of which has been for generations verified by the enormous fortunes constantly amassed by chimney-sweepers and other persons who get up early and go to bed betimes.”

“[She wasn't] a logically reasoning woman, but God is good, and hearts may count in heaven as high as heads.”

“Many a gentleman lives well upon a soft head, who would find a heart of the same quality a very great drawback.”