"I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage."

"I am not a creature of impulse, but of deliberation."

"I am a solitary being, who has no ties to bind her to the world."

"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks."

"Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; – that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers."