It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to myself, to my family, and to the world.

The woman's personal identity is a vast undiscovered country -- with which Society has yet to acquaint itself, and by which it is yet to be revolutionized.

Imagination is built upon knowledge.

Death is not the worst sorrow.

Who originated that most exquisite of inquisitions, the condolence system?

A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas surround the world's ignorance and press for admission.

The rainiest nights, like the rainiest lives, are by no means the saddest.