The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in God's Eyes.

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.

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

How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex?

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

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

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