If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.

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

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

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

It is characteristic of genius to be hopeful and aspiring.

Any one must see at a glance that if men and women marry those whom they do not love, they must love those whom they do not marry.

My own feeling of concern arises from seeing how much moral injury and suffering is created by the superstitions of the Christian mythology.