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

The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it for a slavish submission to any power but reason.

How frequently has melancholy and even misanthropy taken possession of me, when the world has disgusted me, and friends have proven unkind. I have then considered myself as a particle broken off from the grand mass of mankind.

It appears to me impossible that I should cease to exist, or that this active, restless spirit, equally alive to joy and sorrow, should only be organised dust - ready to fly abroad the moment the spring snaps, or the spark goes out, which kept it together. Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream.

A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind

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

When we feel deeply, we reason profoundly.