Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands.

There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being.

Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.

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.

... we have broken down the self-respecting spirit of man with nursery tales and priestly threats, and we dare to assert, that inproportion as we have prostrated our understanding and degraded our nature, we have exhibited virtue, wisdom, and happiness, in our words, our actions, and our lives!

Credulity is always ridiculous.

... it would be impossible for women to stand in higher estimation than they do here. The deference that is paid to them at all times and in all places has often occasioned me as much surprise as pleasure.