the excess of all good things is mischievous.

That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting slaves of custom.

Even if nothing worse than wasted mental effort could be laid to the charge of theology, that alone ought to be sufficient to banish it from the earth, as one of the worst enemies of mankind.

I think we have reason to thank God for Abraham Lincoln. With all his deficiencies, it must be admitted that he has grown continually.

Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.

affectation is fond of making a greater show than reality. ... Nature and truth have never learned to blow the trumpet, and never will.

Love is the divine quality that everywhere produces and restores life. To each and every one of us, it gives the power of working miracles if we will.