Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.
The frozen ocean... of Boston life.
It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one's self, never above others.
Many a woman will pass for elegant in a ballroom, or even at a court drawing room, whose want of true breeding would become evident in a chosen company.
My children are babies and my husband has scarcely half an hour in 24 to give me.
When I behold the passion for ornamentation, and the corresponding power, I feel as if women had so far shown what they are bad for, rather than what they are good for.