"It is a significant indication of the present state of society, that the greater part of the women, who have any independence of mind, are found in the lower classes."

"I am not a mere shadow, but a substance."

"Contending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of knowledge…"

"How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?"

"Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable—and life is more than a dream."