Abigail Adams

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

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.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

The birth of science rang the death-knell of an arbitrary and constantly interposing Supreme Power.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.