Democracies have been, and governments called, free; but the spirit of independence and the consciousness of unalienable rights, were never before transfused into the minds of a whole people....The feeling of equality which they proudly cherish does not proceed from an ignorance of their station, but from the knowledge of their rights; and it is this knowledge which will render it so exceedingly difficult for any tyrant ever to triumph over the liberties of our country.

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

many tender, delicate mothers, seem to think that to make their children eat, is all that is requisite to make them great.

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

In this age of innovation perhaps no experiment will have an influence more important on the character and happiness of our society than the granting to females the advantages of a systematic and thorough education.

The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.

The most welcome guest in society will ever be the one to whose mind everything is a suggestion, and whose words suggest something to everybody.