Executions, far from being useful examples to the survivors, have, I am persuaded, a quite contrary effect, by hardening the heart they ought to terrify.
To be a good mother — a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely on their husbands.
The more I see of the world, the more I am convinced that civilisation is a blessing not sufficiently estimated by those who have not traced its progress; for it not only refines our enjoyments, but produces a variety which enables us to retain the primitive delicacy of our sensations.
It is the preservation of the species, not of individuals, which appears to be the design of Deity throughout the whole of nature.