“Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace.”

“Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.”

“Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.”

“…in silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow.”

“Woman work a great many miracles.”

“…it is so much better to work for others than for one's self alone.”

“(V)irtue, like sunshine, works its own sweet miracles”