The knowledge of one generation is the ignorance of the next.

There is a vulgar persuasion, that the ignorance of women, by favoring their subordination, ensures their utility. 'Tis the same argument employed by the ruling few against the subject many in aristocracies; by the rich against the poor in democracies; by the learned professions against the people in all countries.

Do not confound noise with fame. The man who is remembered, is not always honored.

the leading error of the human mind, - the bane of human happiness - the perverter of human virtue ... is Religion - that dark coinage of trembling ignorance! It is Religion - that poisoner of human felicity! It is Religion - that blind guide of human reason! It is Religion - that dethroner of human virtue! which lies at the root of all the evil and all the misery that pervade the world!

Fathers and husbands! do ye not also understand this fact? Do ye not see how, in the mental bondage of your wives and fair companions, ye yourselves are bound?

I am neither Jew nor Gentile, Mahomedan nor Theist; I am but a member of the human family.

To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing.