The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.

One could judge the degree of civilization of a country by the social and political position of its women

Hosts of merchants encumber the cities, and the streets are cluttered with solicitors who swarm without limit or purpose.

Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him.

The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.

Civilization is a social plague on the planet, and vices are just as necessary to it as is a virus to disease.

Who is wiser: the man who plants flowers along life's way or the man who makes it bristle with thorns?