Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies the highest ideal of life and character. There may be nothing heroic about it; but the common lot of men is not heroic.

Good sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.

The great lesson of biography is to show what man can be and do at his best. A noble life put fairly on record acts like an inspiration to others.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

Men cannot be raised in masses as the mountains were in he early geological states of the world. They must be dealt with as units; for it is only by the elevation of individuals that the elevation of the masses can be effectively secured.

Woman, above all other educators, educates humanly. Man is the brain, but woman is the heart, of humanity.

Mere political reform will not cure the manifold evils which now afflict society. There requires a social reform, a domestic reform, an individual reform.