Heaven knows what I have not been through with, since I saw you-dust, dirt, dyspepsia, hotels, railroads, prairies, tobacco juice.

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

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

When I behold the passion for ornamentation, and the corresponding power, I feel as if women had so far shown what they are bad for, rather than what they are good for.

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

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

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.