Sarah Josepha Hale

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“A taste for reading is a great blessing.”

“Precepts are good, but examples are better.”

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

“Let us have a national festival.”