The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.

If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment. If much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the first principals which are instill'd take the deepest root, great benefit must arise from literary accomplishments in women.

No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.

The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.

Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point

If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.

A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.