If it is a relief to take your clothes off at night, be sure that something is wrong. Clothes should not be a burden. They shouldbe a comfort and a protection.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.