Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.

Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles; but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our society resembles a bag of marbles, or a string of mold candles. Why should we all dress after the same fashion? The frost never paints my windows twice alike.

Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.

The boughs of no two trees ever have the same arrangement. Nature always produces individuals; She never produces classes.

Philosophy and the arts are but a manifestation of the intelligible ideas that move the public mind; and thus they become visible images of the nations whence they emanate.

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

It is my mission to help in the breaking down of classes, and to make all men feel as if they were brethren of the same family, sharing the same rights, the same capabilities, and the same responsibilities. While my hand can hold a pen, I will use it to this end; and while my brain can earn a dollar, I will devote it to this end.