We have not the slightest idea that women are made of such light material that the breath of any fool or knave may blow them on the rocks of ruin.
Jane SwisshelmGirls, do not scrub and cook and scour until you have no time left to plant a tree, or vine or flower.
Jane SwisshelmI cannot tell what I am as much afraid of, as a woman who invariably washes on Monday. It is a kind of key to character; and if her mouth is not puckered and her brow wrinkled, they will be, unless she repents.
Jane SwisshelmLet the erring sisters depart in peace; the idea of getting up a civil war to compel the weaker States to remain in the Union appears to us horrible to the last degree.
Jane Swisshelm