Mary Wollstonecraft — "I am a woman, and I have a right to think."

"Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time."

"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."

"I have a soul that is too refined to be corrupted."

"Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; – that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers."

"The mind must be strong that resolutely forms its own principles."