We hope never to live in a Republic where one section is pinned to the other section by bayonets.
Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine.
Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country.
There is no bigotry like that of “free thought” run to seed.
Go West, young man, go West and grow up with the country.
A widow of doubtful age will marry almost any sort of a white man.
Printer’s ink is the great apostle of progress, whose pulpit is the press.
No amount of preaching, exhortation, sympathy, benevolence, will render the condition of our working women what it should be, so long as the kitchen and needle are substantially their only resources.
Our country right or wrong is an evil motto – what if your country be in the wrong? It will only compound her injury. I wish to serve the republic with an honest and fearless criticism.
The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.
The way we do things is to begin.
The word “rest” is not in my vocabulary.
Answering a letter from a church asking what else they should try after having failed to raise enough money on bake sales, bazaars, suppers, etc. Why not try religion?
Nine-tenths of the world is entertained by scandalous rumors, which are never dissected until they are dead and, when pricked, collapse like an empty bladder.
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie.
I know that I have had friends who would never have vexed or betrayed me, if they had walked on all fours.
Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.
Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.