Many a woman will pass for elegant in a ballroom, or even at a court drawing room, whose want of true breeding would become evident in a chosen company.

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

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

The frozen ocean... of Boston life.

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.

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

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.