The Faculty [of Vassar] do not consider it a mere experiment any longer that girls can be educated as well as boys.

The Faculty [of Vassar] do not consider it a mere experiment any longer that girls can be educated as well as boys.

One of the greatest faults of the women of the present time is a silly fear of things, and one object of the education of girls should be to give them knowledge of what things are really dangerous.

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.

...all enjoyment is dependent upon the frailty of human life and human desires ... if we were to have all we want and to live forever, all enjoyment would be gone.

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