Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.

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

In Virgil's account of the good housewife, who rises early in order to measure out the work of the household, and in Solomon's description of the thrifty woman of his time, one sees the value set upon feminine industry and economy in times far removed from our own.

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

I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

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

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.