Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

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.

These are the times when a genius wants to live.

Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.

posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.

I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.

A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.