"The being who can govern her own house, and make her husband and children happy, is more respectable than a queen."

"The woman who has only been taught to please will soon find that her power is of short duration."

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

"Till women are more rationally educated, the progress of human virtue and improvement in knowledge must receive a continual check."

"The conduct of a woman, as well as that of a man, ought to be regulated by her reason."