I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . . but the women work most for it.

I envy neither the heart nor the head of any legislator who has been born to an inheritance of privileges, who has behind him agesof education, dominion, civilization, and Christianity, if he stands opposed to the passage of a national education bill, whose purpose is to secure education to the children of those who were born under the shadow of institutions which made it a crime to read.

There is material among us for the broadest comedies and the deepest tragedies, but, besides money and leisure, it needs patience, perseverance, courage, and the hand of an artist to weave it into the literature of the country.

I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . . but the women work most for it.

The respect that is only bought by gold is not worth much.

I do not think the mere extension of the ballot a panacea for all the ills of our national life. What we need to-day is not simplymore voters, but better voters.

One needs both leisure and money to make a successful book.