Sarah Josepha Hale

“Woman's mission is not to enhance the masculine intellect, but to inspire the masculine heart.”

“Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow; and everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.”

“The memories of childhood are the sweetest of all.”

“The human mind will not be confined to any limits.”

“Our Thanksgiving Day is a festival which will never go out of fashion.”

“Books are the friends of the lonely, and the companions of the sick.”

“The great object of all knowledge is to enlarge and purify the soul.”

“A taste for reading is a great blessing.”

“The pen of the ready writer, like the sword of the successful warrior, is an instrument of power.”

“Precepts are good, but examples are better.”

“Let us have a national festival.”

“There is an unguarded enthusiasm in the female heart, which is easily awakened.”