"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…"

"I perceive that the most respectable women are the most unhappy."

"I am more than ever convinced that it is not by reason that we can expect to influence mankind."

"The most perfect human being is the one who has the most freedom."

"I have a heart that is too tender to be wounded."