It is useless to check the vain dunce who has caught the mania of scribbling, whether prose or poetry, canzonets or criticisms,--let such a one go on till the disease exhausts itself. Opposition like water, thrown on burning oil, but increases the evil, because a person of weak judgment will seldom listen to reason, but become obstinate under reproof.

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

It is a bad business, dealing in lottery tickets ... Riches got in such a hasty manner never wear well.

There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind.

the engrossing pursuit of Americans is wealth.

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

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.