Slavery is dead, but the spirit which animated it still lives.

A room to myself is a luxury that I do not always enjoy.

I belong to this race, and when it is down I belong to a down race; when it is up I belong to a risen race.

I like the character of Moses. He is the first disunionist we read of in the Jewish Scriptures.

The true aim of female education should be, not a development of one or two, but all the faculties of the human soul, because no perfect womanhood is developed by imperfect culture.

True politeness is to social life what oil is to machinery, a thing to oil the ruts and grooves of existence. False politeness can shine without warming and glitter without vivifying.

Amid ancient lore the Word of God stands unique and pre-eminent. Wonderful in its construction, admirable in its adaptation, it contains truths that a child may comprehend, and mysteries into which angels desire to look.