His subject is the "Origin of Species," & not the origin of Organization; & it seems a needless mischief to have opened the latter speculation at all.

Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right, for that shall bring a man peace at the last.

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.

There is no death to those who perfectly love-only disappearance, which in time may be borne.

[On being deaf:] We can never get beyond the necessity of keeping in full view the worst and the best that can be made of our lot. The worst is, either to sink under the trial, or to be made callous by it. The best is, to be as wise as is possible under a great disability, and as happy as is possible under a great privation.

There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.

I think that few people are aware how early it is right to respect the modesty of an infant.