The mind will ever be unstable that has only prejudices to rest on, and the current will run with destructive fury when there are no barriers to break its force.

Fondness is a poor substitute for friendship.

The more equality there is established among men, the more virtue and happiness will reign in society.

Modesty is the graceful, calm virtue of maturity; bashfulness the charm of vivacious youth.

Why is our fancy to be appalled by terrific perspectives of a hell beyond the grave?

If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?

In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century.