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.

Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action.

A political place with no power, only influence, is not to my taste.

A sense of power is the most intoxicating stimulant a mortal can enjoy.

I prefer surveying for a week to spending a week in fashionable society even of the best class.

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.

I had been in the hurrying waters too long not to appreciate an opportunity to lie on the bank and rest, watch others, and gain strength for the coming years.