I have never known my husband to approve any act of mine which I myself valued.
I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.
The broken eggshell of a civilization which time has hatched and devoured.
Politeness induces morality. Serenity of manners requires serenity of mind.
When I see the elaborate study and ingenuity displayed by women in the pursuit of trifles, I feel no doubt of their capacity for the most herculean undertakings.
Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare & profitless forever.