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

As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means whereby the great human family can live in peace.

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

I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.

Every newly discovered truth judges the world, separates the good from the evil, and calls on faithful souls to make sure of their election.

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.

Hope died as I was led unto my marriage bed.