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.

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.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.

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

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

If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.