Occupation: Former First Lady Of The United States Birth: November 22, 1744 Death: October 28, 1818
I acknowledge myself a unitarian - Believing that the Father alone, is the supreme God, and that Jesus Christ derived his Being, and all his powers a….
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could..
My bursting heart must find vent at my pen..
What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise….
If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, bu….
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues..
The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the preroga….
But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act..
No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches..
I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on th….
If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in….
The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irre….
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken..
The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason... affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem….
Great necessities call out great virtues..
O, I have read his Heart in his wicked eyes many a time. The very devil is in them..
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women..
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe..
May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you w….
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature..
posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors..