The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to pretend that they do not think so.

The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.

All people interested in their work are liable to overrate their vocation. There may be makers of dolls' eyes who wonder how society would go on without them.

There are always principles to be depended upon in this matter of taxation ... Amidst the inconsistent, the bewildering representations offered, a certain number must be in accordance with true principles.

The sick-room becomes the scene of intense convictions; and among these, none, it seems to me, is more distinct and powerful than that of the permanent nature of good, and the transient nature of evil.

Leisure, some degree of it, is necessary to the health of every man's spirit.

. . . is it to be understood that the principles of the Declaration of Independence bear no relation to half of the human race?