Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.

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

The highest branch of solitary amusement is reading; but even in the choice of books the fancy is first employed; for in reading, the heart is touched, till its feelings are examined by the understanding, and the ripening of reason regulate the imagination. This is the work of years, and the most important of all employments.

I begin to love this little creature, and to anticipate his birth as a fresh twist to a knot which I do not wish to untie. Men are spoilt by frankness, I believe, yet I must tell you that I love you better than I supposed I did, when I promised to love you forever....I feel it thrilling through my frame, giving and promising pleasure.

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.

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

Men neglect the duties incumbent on man, yet are treated like demi-gods; religion is also separated from morality by a ceremonial veil, yet men wonder that the world is almost, literally speaking, a den of sharpers or oppressors.