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

"Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and, roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison."

"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 afraid to own that I am a woman."

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled."