"The welfare of the workers is the first consideration."

"I have been in men's prisons and have seen much that is evil and much that is good."

"I am glad to have the opportunity to make an appeal for the blind."

"Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content."

"The public must learn that the blind man is neither a genius nor a mountebank. He has a right to his share in the work of the world."