Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. -Abigail Adams Wisdom
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. -Abigail Adams Education
I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic. -Abigail Adams Intelligence
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. -Abigail Adams Men
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.' -Abigail Adams Power
Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. -Abigail Adams Power
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. -Abigail Adams Power
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. -Abigail Adams Learning
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since. -Abigail Adams Knowledge
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. -Abigail Adams Women
