It is not good for beauty that it should be a profession.

When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that even this weary nine months shall come to an end and leave me in possession of my own body and my own soul.

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

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

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

My children are babies and my husband has scarcely half an hour in 24 to give me.

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