“I am just through with a summer, and a summer is to me always a trying...” — Maria Mitchell Quote

I am just through with a summer, and a summer is to me always a trying ordeal.

I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the matter.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.

The ordeal of virtue is to resist all temptation to evil.

All of us are looking for an outside ordeal that will internally change us.

Whenever you're writing something that's reflective, you have to put yourself through some sort of ordeal just to understand the way you're feeling.

I am one of those people for whom pregnancy is an ordeal.