It Matters Infinitely Less What We Do

[on Being Deaf:] How Much Less Pain There Is In Calmly Estimating The Enjoyments From Which We Must Separate Ourselves, Of Bravely Saying, For Once And For Ever, 'let Them Go,' Than In Feeling Them Waste And Dwindle, Till Their Very Shadows Escape From Our Grasp!

Laws And Customs May Be Creative Of Vice; And Should Be Therefore Perpetually Under Process Of Observation And Correction: But Laws And Customs Cannot Be Creative Of Virtue: They May Encourage And Help To Preserve It; But They Cannot Originate It.

The Progression Of Emancipation Of Any Class Usually, If Not Always, Takes Place Through The Efforts Of Individuals Of That Class.

Marriage ... Is Still The Imperfect Institution It Must Remain While Women Continue To Be Ill-educated, Passive, And Subservient.

The Voice Of A Whole People Goes Up In The Silent Workings Of An Institution.