If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.

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

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

Moral excellence has no regard to classes and professions.

For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchenthan witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe.

Religion is a temper, not a pursuit.

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