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

If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.

I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could... That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute, but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure, some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

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