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

Readers soon tire of prefaces, and skip them, and so the labor of writing them is lost.

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.

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

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.

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.