Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment. If much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill'd take the deepest root, great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.

May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you walk therein with undeviating steps.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?

The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason... affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.

Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.