Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it.

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

He who will be just, must be forc'd to acknowledge, that neither Sex are always in the right.

How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.

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

Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in.