Ellen Swallow Richards quotes

You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try. (Ellen Swallow Richards)
Work is a sovereign remedy for all ills, and a man who loves to work will never be unhappy. View quote
Ellen Swallow Richards
If it is a relief to take your clothes off at night, be sure that something is wrong. Clothes should not be a burden. They shouldbe a comfort and a protection. View quote
Ellen Swallow Richards
New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions. View quote
Ellen Swallow Richards
If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back. View quote
Ellen Swallow Richards
Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action. View quote
Ellen Swallow Richards
We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not. View quote
Ellen Swallow Richards
I prefer surveying for a week to spending a week in fashionable society even of the best class. View quote
Ellen Swallow Richards