Among the facts of the universe to be accounted for, it may be said, is Mind; and it is self evident that nothing can have produced Mind but Mind.

Solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur is the cradle of thought and aspirations which are not only good for the individual, but which society can ill do without.

That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.

So natural to mankind is intolerance ... that religious freedom has hardly anywhere been practically realized.

Marriage is the only actual bondage known to our law. There remain no legal slaves, except the mistress of every house.

The most important thing women have to do is to stir up the zeal of women themselves.

It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question.