Letters to mothers
A source page for quotes linked to Lydia Sigourney.
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“The glorified spirit of the infant is as a star to guide the mother to its own blissful clime.”
Source: Letters to mothers
Source: Gleanings
Source: Lydia Sigourney: Selected Poetry and Prose
Source: Letters to young ladies
“An appearance of delicacy is inseparable from sweetness and gentleness of character.”
“Vigorous exercise will often fortify a feeble constitution.”
“Fear is the white lipp'd sire Of subterfuge and treachery.”
Source: Pocahontas, and Other Poems
“Prosperity, alas! is often but another name for pride.”
Source: Select poems
“Something will be gathered from the tablets of the most faultless day for regrets.”
Source: The western home: and other poems
Source: Pocahontas, and Other Poems
“There must be some mixture of happiness in everything but sin.”
“The vanity of shining in conversation is usually subversive of its own desires.”
Source: Letters to young ladies
Source: Letters to young ladies
“We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us?”
Source: Letters to mothers
Source: Letters to mothers
“A disposition to dwell on the bright side...is like gold to its possessor.”