I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.

Dear me, if men and women would only trust, understand, and help one another as my children do, what a capital place the world would be!

Woman work a great many miracles.

There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.

Energy is more attractive than beauty in a man.

politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names

I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens