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

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

God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.

It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one's self, never above others.

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord -

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.

As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free.