"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."

"I have ever found that the women who have most power over me are those who have the least ambition."

"The conduct of a woman, as well as that of a man, ought to be regulated by her reason."

"I may be an enthusiast, but I am not a visionary."

"It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men."