[On being deaf:] We must struggle for whatever may be had, without encroaching on the comfort of others.

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

It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature.

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

I romanced internally about early death till it was too late to die early.

I saw no poor men, except a few intemperate ones. I saw some very poor women; but God and man know that the time has not come for women to make their injuries even heard of.

We are not responsible for our feelings, as we are for our principles and actions. ... Our care, then, should be to look to our principles, and to avoid all anxiety about our emotions. Their nature can never be wrong where our course of action is right, and for their degree we are not responsible.