In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat of the swelling tide may be conducted to the barren places of life.

Social advance depends quite as much upon an increase in moral sensibility as it does upon a sense of duty.

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.

I am not one of those who believe - broadly speaking - that women are better than men. We have not wrecked railroads, nor corrupted legislatures, nor done many unholy things that men have done; but then we must remember that we have not had the chance.

Pliable human nature is relentlessly pressed upon by its physical environment.

The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.

We have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person or any one class. But we have not yet learned to add to that statement, that unless all [people] and all classes contribute to a good, we cannot even be sure that it is worth having.