Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power, the parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.

I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.

But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.

Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.

A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.

posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.

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