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

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

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.

It has been strange to me to return to life and to feel that I have any sympathy with human beings, after the long interval of quiet and indifference which succeeded my marriage.

I was born 'neath a clouded star.

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

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