"The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think."

"The slave has no deliberative faculty at all; the woman has, but it is without authority, and the child has, but it is immature."

"The female is also more given to melancholy and more despondent, and more apt to be sad."

"The courage of a man is shown in commanding, of a woman in obeying."

"The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class."