Every child has a right to be well-born, well-nurtured and well-taught, and only the freedom of woman can guarantee him this right.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

I know no study that will take you nearer the way to happiness than the study of nature - and I include in the study of nature not only things and their forces, but also mankind and their ways, and the moulding of the affections and the will into an earnest desire not only to be happy, but to create happiness.

When indeed shall we learn that we are all related one to the other, that we are all members of one body?

All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. Facts are stubborn, and refusal to accept them does not avoid their inexorable effects-the tragic consequences are now upon us

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long in disappointment and bitterness at the closed door that we do not expectantly look for and therefore see with pleasure and gratitude the one which has been opened for us.

Instead of being satisfied to alleviate suffering, we shall labor hard and continually to prevent it.