"Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience."

"I have been so much accustomed to hear of the rights of men, that I begin to ask, what are the rights of women?"

"The woman who has not been taught to respect herself, will not respect others."

"It is difficult for me to be patient with the folly of mankind."

"In fact, it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of its own reason."