Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best.
Mary AstellBut, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?
Mary AstellWomen need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best.
Mary AstellWomen are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached.
Mary Astell