Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame.

Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.

National antipathy is the basest, because the most illiberal and illiterate of all prejudices.

In the career of female fame, there are few prizes to tie obtained which can vie with the obscure state of a beloved wife or a happy mother.

Virtue is despotic; life, reputation, every earthly good, must be surrendered at her voice. The law may seem hard, but it is the guardian of what it commands; and is the only sure defence of happiness.

none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.

Guilt is a spiritual Rubicon.