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.

I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind.

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.

Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.