"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks."

"I have a heart that is too open to be deceived."

"Many are the causes that conspire to render women more dependent than men; and one, not the least, is the false system of education, which is adopted for their sex."

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

"I am not a slave to any system, nor a devotee to any sect."