It is characteristic of genius to be hopeful and aspiring.

The imagination, once awakened, must and will work, and ought to work

Happiness consists in the full employment of our faculties in some pursuit.

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

In the United States, as elsewhere, there are, and have always been, two parties in politics ... It is remarkable how nearly their positive statements of political doctrine agree, while they differ in almost every possible application of their common principles.

Marriage ... is still the imperfect institution it must remain while women continue to be ill-educated, passive, and subservient.

The habit of dwelling on the past, has a narrowing as well as a debilitating influence. Behind us, there is a small, - an almost insignificant measure of time; before us, there is an eternity. It is the natural tendency of the mind to magnify the one, and to diminish the other.