Trust me, there are as many ways of living as there are men, and one is no more fit to lead another, than a bird to lead a fish, or a fish a quadruped.

These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.

You have heard of, and studied various systems of philosophy; but real philosophy is opposed to all systems.

The condition of women affords in all countries the best criterion by which to judge the character of men.

The simplest principles become difficult of practice, when habits, formed in error, have been fixed by time, and the simplest truths hard to receive when prejudice has warped the mind.

What were the glories of the sun, if we knew not the gloom of darkness?

I shall say, that I feel myself virtuous, because my soul is at rest.