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

What I mean by the Muse is that unimpeded clearness of the intuitive powers, which a perfectly truthful adherence to every admonition of the higher instincts would bring to a finely organized human being. It may appear as prophesy or as poesy...should these faculties have free play, I believe they will open up new, deeper and purer sources of joyous inspiration than have as yet refreshed the earth.

With the intellect I always have always shall overcome, but that is not the half of the work. The life, the life Oh my God! shall the life never be sweet!

The critic is beneath the maker, but is his needed friend. The critic is not a base caviler, but the younger brother of genius. Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty the power of appreciating beauty. And of making others appreciate it.

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.

Life is richly worth living, with its continual revelations of mighty woe, yet infinite hope; and I take it to my breast.

The civilized man is a larger mind but a more imperfect nature than the savage.