In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century.

Let woman share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated.

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

To improve both sexes they ought, not only in private families, but in public schools, to be educated together. If marriage be the cement of society, mankind should all be educated after the same model, or the intercourse of the sexes will never deserve the name of fellowship.

[I]f we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex.

The mind will ever be unstable that has only prejudices to rest on, and the current will run with destructive fury when there are no barriers to break its force.

I never wanted but your heart--that gone, you have nothing more to give.