"Let us then, by way of experiment, suppose that women are allowed to acquire knowledge like men, and that their minds are not habituated to the slavish dependence that makes them become the abject too…"

"The heart of man is not so much depraved by nature, as warped by custom."

"A woman who has been taught to think will always be a formidable opponent."

"The mind must be strong that resolutely forms its own principles."

"Men have been more anxious to make women alluring mistresses than affectionate wives and rational mothers."