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

The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.

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

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

The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.

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

A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God. Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?