If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.

Do not confound noise with fame. The man who is remembered, is not always honored.

Equality! Where is it, if not in education? Equal rights! They cannot exist without equality of instruction.

These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.

Moral truth, resting entirely upon the ascertained consequences of actions, supposes a process of observation and reasoning.

it is not that religion is merely useless, it is mischievous. It is mischievous by its idle terrors; it is mischievous by its false morality; it is mischievous by its hypocrisy; by its fanaticism; by its dogmatism; by its threats; by its hopes; by its promises.

... it would be impossible for women to stand in higher estimation than they do here. The deference that is paid to them at all times and in all places has often occasioned me as much surprise as pleasure.