Confusion has seized us, and all things go wrong,
The women have leaped from "their spheres,"
And, instead of fixed stars, shoot as comets along,
And are setting the world by the ears!

We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one.

Don't drag the engine, like an ignoramus, but bring wood and water and flame, like an engineer.

Grudge no expense -- yield to no opposition -- forget fatigue -- till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome . . .