“The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of an eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.”

“The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.”

“The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men--from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.”

“Yet in opinions look not always back,--Your wake is nothing, mind the coming track;Leave what you've done for what you have to do;Don't be "consistent," but be simply true.”

“Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked”

“Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good”

“A man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.”