"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."

"I have a soul that pants for liberty."

"The education of women has been so managed that the sex has been rendered an artificial, weak character, and, consequently, more or less useless members of society."

"A woman who has been taught to think will always be a formidable opponent."

"It is a melancholy truth; yet a truth it is, that women, as well as men, without a proper education, will ever be a prey to their prejudices."