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

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.

Do not, as you value the health and happiness of those who sit at your table, place before them hot leavened bread or biscuit.

The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.

Why is it that water, so monotonous in its characteristics, should nevertheless possess a charm for every mind? I believe it is chiefly because it bears the impress of the Creator, which we feel neither the power of time or of man can efface or alter.

the engrossing pursuit of Americans is wealth.

Among those kinds of food which the good housekeeper should scrupulously banish from her table, is that of hot leavened bread....I believe it more often lays the foundation of diseases of the stomach, than any other kind of nourishment, used among us.