The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.
God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.
I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.
Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.
Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion.
I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind.
When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that even this weary nine months shall come to an end and leave me in possession of my own body and my own soul.