It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.

I had been invited to speak after the lunch. But I did not go to the table until the feast ended, as I never like to eat or talk before speaking.

Surely the immutable laws of the universe can teach more impressive and exalted lessons than the holy books of all the religions on earth.

All who live to a good old age have a genius for sleep.

It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races.

Throughout this protracted and disgraceful assault on American womanhood, the clergy baptized each new insult and act of injustice in the name of the Christian religion, and uniformly asked God's blessing on proceedings that would have put to shame an assembly of Hottentots.

No matter how much women prefer to lean, to be protected and supported, nor how much men desire to have them do so, they must make the voyage of life alone, and for safety in an emergency they must know something of the laws of navigation.