Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion.

I think nothing is religion which puts one individual absolutely above others, and surely nothing is religion which puts one sex above another.

The frozen ocean... of Boston life.

I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind.

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.

I never could be good when I was not happy.

Every fallen woman represents a man as guilty as herself, who escapes human detection, but whose soul lies open before God.