Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.

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

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

A man is never more satisfied than when he is confirming a favorite theory.

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.

It requires but a few threads of hope, for the heart that is skilled in the secret, to weave a web of happiness.

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.