Why is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another?

Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best.

Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.

Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best.

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.

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.