The middle years of life come on like thunder.

Canada is destined to be one of the great nations of the world and Canadian women must be ready for citizenship.

The good is the greatest rival of the best.

Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.

We may yet live to see the day when women will be no longer news! And it cannot come too soon. I want to be a peaceful, happy, normal human being, pursuing my unimpeded way through life, never having to stop to explain, defend or apologize for my sex.

No nation ever rises higher than its women.

Literature may be light as a cobweb, but it must be fastened down to life at the four corners.