Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best.
Mary AstellIf God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain.
Mary AstellWomen are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached.
Mary AstellWomen need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best.
Mary Astell