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

But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.

When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what

These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.

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.

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

O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them.