Marriage, to woman as to man, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it.

I can not imagine a God ... made happy by my getting down on my knees and calling him 'great'.

Oh, yes. I'd do it all again; the spirit is willing yet; I feel the same desire to do the work but the flesh is weak. It's too bad that our bodies wear out while our interests are just as strong as ever.

Many abolitionists have yet to learn the ABC of woman's rights.

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less

White men have always controlled their wives' wages. Colored men were not able to do so until they themselves became free. Then they owned both their wives and their wages.

Independent bread gives independent morals: - while pecuniary dependence makes moral subserviency; - So get money - get wealth