Habits, though in their commencement like the filmy line of the spider, trembling at every breeze, may in the end prove as links of tempered steel, binding a deathless being to eternal felicity or woe. — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
Whatever you would have your children become, strive to exhibit in your own lives and conversation. — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
Figure to yourself what the year would sustain were the spring taken away: such a loss do they sustain who trifle in youth. — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
Teachers should be held in the highest honor. They are the allies of legislators; they have agency in the prevention of crime; they aid… — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well ordered homes of the people. — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
As nothing truly valuable can be attained without industry, so there can be no persevering industry without a deep sense of the value of… — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
Praise to our Father-God, High praise in solemn lay, Alike for what His hand hath given, And what it takes away. — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
Pride is a fruitful source of uneasiness. It keeps the mind in disquiet. Humility is the antidote to this evil. — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
There is a lore simple and sure, that asks no discipline of weary years--the language of the soul, told through the eye. — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
A disposition to dwell on the bright side...is like gold to its possessor... — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
