"I glow with indignation when I contemplate the slavery of half the human race."

"I have always been of opinion, that the only way to make women rational creatures, and free citizens, is to allow them to pursue their own interest, and to follow the bent of their own inclinations."

"The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank, thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can."

"It is time to effect a revolution in female manners—time to restore to them their lost dignity."

"Pleasure is the business of women, according to the present modification of society, and while it continues to be so, little can be expected from such weak beings."