Abigail Adams

A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world

A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians,
friends, lovers and husbands.

Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians,
friends, lovers and husbands.

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because
he is sufficient for himself, read more

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because
he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.

Great necessities call out great virtues.

Great necessities call out great virtues.