If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.
My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for.
To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.
A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.
When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what.
Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.
The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.
But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point.
The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.
A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God. Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.