The birthright of man ... is such a degree of liberty, civil and religious, as is compatible with the liberty of every other individual with whom he is united in a social compact.

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

Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.

The mind will ever be unstable that has only prejudices to rest on.

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

Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in. 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. It may then fairly be inferred, that, till society be differently constituted, much cannot be expected from education.

My husband - my king.