It appears to be a matter of national pride that the President is to have more mud, and blacker mud, and filthier mud in front ofhis door than any other man can afford.

When a woman starts out in the world on a mission, secular or religious, she should leave her feminine charms at home.

Abolitionists were men of sharp angles. Organizing them was like binding crooked sticks in a bundle.

Women should not weaken their cause by impracticable demands. Make no claim which could not be won in a reasonable time. Take onestep at a time, get a good foothold in it and advance carefully.

Dying is not difficult, yielding is impossible.

I had gone into the hospital with the stupid notion that its primary object was the care and comfort of the sick and wounded. It was long after that I learned that a vast majority of all benevolent institutions are gotten up to gratify the aesthetic tastes of the public; exhibit the wealth and generosity of the founders, and furnish places for officers. The beneficiaries of the institutions are simply an apology for their existence, and having furnished that apology, the less said about them the better.

So, instead of spending my strength quarreling with the hand, I would strike for the heart of that great tyranny.