We have grown used to money. The handling, the increase of it, is the chief business of life now with most of us. Rebecca Harding Davis businesschiefgrow Change image and share on social
It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it is wise not to look down too closely at the luminous glow which sometimes shines on your path on a summer night, if you would not see the ugly worm below. Rebecca Harding Davis closelyglowgood share on social
It was part of your religion to hate the British. Rebecca Harding Davis britishhatepart Change image and share on social
America may have great poets and novelists, but she never will have more than one necromancer. Rebecca Harding Davis americagreatnecromancer Change image and share on social
You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it. Rebecca Harding Davis gladgrandfatherlaborer Change image and share on social
Reform is born of need, not pity. Rebecca Harding Davis bearpityreform Change image and share on social
It has happened to me to meet many of the men of my day whom the world agreed to call great. Rebecca Harding Davis agreecallday Change image and share on social
But remember, I am no politician, and no seer into souls. Rebecca Harding Davis politicianrememberseer Change image and share on social
Crime, to the man of the forties, was an alien monstrous terror. Rebecca Harding Davis aliencrimeforty Change image and share on social
Sitting by the chimney corner as we grow old, the commonest things around us take on live meanings and hint at the difference between these driving times and the calm, slow moving days when we were young. Rebecca Harding Davis calmchimneycommon share on social
