Any religion which will sacrifice a certain set of human beings for the enjoyment or aggrandizement or advantage of another is no religion. It is a thing which may be allowed, but it is against true religion. Any religion which sacrifices women to the brutality of men is no religion.

Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare & profitless forever.

When I see the elaborate study and ingenuity displayed by women in the pursuit of trifles, I feel no doubt of their capacity for the most herculean undertakings.

The reason why education is usually so poor among women of fashion is, that it is not needed for the life which they elect to lead.

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

Life is like a cup of tea, the sugar is all at the bottom!

The broken eggshell of a civilization which time has hatched and devoured.