Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness.

The conduct of an accountable being must be regulated by the operations of its own reason.

Weakness may excite tenderness, and gratify the arrogant pride of man; but the lordly caresses of a protector will not gratify a noble mind that pants for, and deserves to be respected. Fondness is a poor substitute for friendship.

Friendship and domestic happiness are continually praised; yet how little is there of either in the world, because it requires more cultivation of mind to keep awake affection, even in our own hearts, than the common run of people suppose.

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

It is the preservation of the species, not of individuals, which appears to be the design of Deity throughout the whole of nature.

... we never do any thing well, unless we love it for its own sake.