All that is good and commendable now existing would continue to exist if all marriage laws were repealed tomorrow . . .

I supposed that to marry was to be transported to a heaven not only of happiness but of purity and perfection.

Strike as much and as hard as you please, only don't do it in the dark so that I cannot know who is my enemy.

I do not assume to speak for anyone. I know I speak in direct opposition to the wishes of many by whom I am surrounded.

Denounce me for advocating freedom if you can, and I will bear your curse with a better resignation.

It is not great wealth in a few individuals that proves a country is prosperous, but great general wealth evenly distributed among the people. . .

Woman's ability to earn money is better protection against the tyranny and brutality of men than her ability to vote.