... the whole tenour of female education ... tends to render the best disposed romantic and inconstant; and the remainder vain and mean.

The more equality there is established among men, the more virtue and happiness will reign in society.

There must be more equality established in society, or morality will never gain ground, and this virtuous equakity will not rest firmly even when founded on a rock, if one half of mankind be chained to its bottom by fate, for they will be continually undermining it through ignorance or pride

Modesty is the graceful, calm virtue of maturity; bashfulness the charm of vivacious youth.

The same energy of character which renders a man a daring villain would have rendered him useful in society, had that society been well organized.

When a man seduces a woman, it should, I think, be termed a left-handed marriage.

Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.