a great mind can attend to little things, but a little mind cannot attend to great things.

our republican ideas cannot be consistently carried out while women are excluded from any share in the government. ... Any class of human beings to whom a position of perpetual subordination is assigned, however much they may be petted and flattered, must inevitably be dwarfed, morally and intellectually.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

It is impossible to exaggerate the evil work theology has done in the world.

I will work in my own way, according to the light that is in me.

Avoid the necessity of a physician, if you can, by careful attention to your diet. Eat what best agrees with your system, and resolutely abstain from what hurts you, however well you may like it. A few days' abstinence, and cold water for a beverage, has driven off many an approaching disease.

Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.