It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.

Let us secure not such books as people want, but books just above their wants, and they will reach up to take what is put out for them.

I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.

Women, more than men, are bound by tradition and authority. What the father, the brother, the doctor, and the minister have said has been received undoubtingly. Until women throw off this reverence for authority they will not develop.

The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and a strong grasp.