The blind must not only be fed and housed and cared for; they must learn to make thir lives useful to the community.

Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn
 all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.

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.

The frozen ocean... of Boston life.

I have never known my husband to approve any act of mine which I myself valued.

Hope died as I was led unto my marriage bed.

The greatest evils of society are goods that have refused to go on, but have sat down on the highway, saying to the world, "We stop here; do you stop also.