It is cowardly to fly from natural duties and take up those that suit our taste or temperament better; but it is also unwise to take an exaggerated view of personal duties, which shuts out the proper care of the mind and body entrusted to us.

I wish the women's rights folks would be more sensible. I think women have a great deal to learn, before they are fit to vote.

We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.

You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try.

New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions.

The unwilling mind is not a teachable mind.

The world moves, but we seem to move with it. When I studied physiology beforethere were two hundred and eight bones in the body. Now there are two hundred and thirty- eight.