"The only good political institutions are those which are capable of making a people change, and of inspiring in them a love of virtue."

"As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State 'What does it matter to me?' the State may be given up for lost."

"The more I study men, the more I see the difference between them and other animals."

"It is not good for man to be alone; and I say it is not good for him to be a philosopher."

"A woman's entire education should be planned in relation to men. To please men, to be useful to them, to make herself loved and honored by them, to raise them when young, to care for them when grown, …"