To be a good mother, a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely on their husbands. Meek wives are, in general, foolish mothers; wanting their children to love them best, and take their part, in secret, against the father, who is held up as a scarecrow.

Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, men are insultingly supporting their own superiority.

I begin to love this little creature, and to anticipate his birth as a fresh twist to a knot, which I do not wish to untie.

At boarding schools of every description, the relaxation of the junior boys is mischief; and of the senior, vice.

We cannot, without depraving our minds, endeavour to please a lover or husband, but in proportion as he pleases us.

The birthright of man ... is such a degree of liberty, civil and religious, as is compatible with the liberty of every other individual with whom he is united in a social compact.

Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream.