Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.

Man is not made for society, but society is made for man. No institution can be good which does not tend to improve the individual.

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.

Let every woman, who has once begun to think, examine herself

Our capacities, our instincts for this our present sphere are but half developed. Let us be completely natural; before we trouble ourselves with the supernatural.

What a difference it makes to come home to a child!