There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.

Oh, wondrous power! how little understood, Entrusted to the mother's mind alone, To fashion genius, form the soul for good, Inspire a West, or train a Washington.

Riches are always over estimated; the enjoyment they give is more in the pursuit than the possession.

Those who cannot think, have, in my opinion, a necessity (which goes very far towards creating a right) for amusement.

There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of the schoolmaster.

self-control, in every station and to every individual, is indispensable, if people would retain that equanimity of mind, which, depending on self-respect, is the essential of contentment and happiness.

There is hardly a more heart-thrilling pleasure enjoyed by mortals, than that which parents feel when seeing their child first being able to 'catch knowledge of objects.