Of all "rights" which command attention at the present time among us, woman's rights seem to take precedence.

When will society, like a mother, take care of all her children?

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.

The most formidable attribute of temptation is its increasing power, its accelerating ratio of velocity. Every act of repetition increases power, diminishes resistance. It is like the letting out of waters-where a drop can go, a river can go. Whoever yields to temptation, subjects himself to the law of falling bodies.

Ideality is the avant-courier of the mind.

Astronomy is one of the sublimest fields of human investigation. The mind that grasps its facts and principles receives something of the enlargement and grandeur belonging to the science itself. It is a quickener of devotion.

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate.