Maternal instinct, merely as an instinct, is unworthy of our superstitious reverence.

A concept is stronger than a fact.

And woman should stand beside man as the comrade of his soul, not the servant of his body.

If only religion could be brought to take an interest in this earthly future, what a help it would be! ... Think of the appeal to the less spiritual of us, to those who never did get enthusiastic about eternity, or care so tenderly about their own souls, yet who could rise to the thought of improving this world for the children they love, and their children after them.

But reason has no power against feeling, and feeling older than history is no light matter.

There was a time when Patience ceased to be a virtue. It was long ago.

Never in all her life had she imagined that this idolized millinery could look, to those who paid for it, like the decorations of an insane monkey.