But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?

If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled.

none can be Tyrants but Cowards.

That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments.

We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.

The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it.

None of us whether Men or Women but have so good an Opinion of our own Conduct as to believe we are fit, if not to direct others, at least to govern our selves.