No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.

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

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure, some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.

What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.