Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.

It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.

Till women are more rationally educated, the progress in human virtue and improvement in knowledge must receive continual checks.

Virtue can only flourish among equals.

I think I love most people best when they are in adversity; for pity is one of my prevailing passions.

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.

If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?