No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
Virtue can only flourish amongst equals.
The endeavor to keep alive any hoary establishment beyond its natural date is often pernicious and always useless.
Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.
Till women are more rationally educated, the progress in human virtue and improvement in knowledge must receive continual checks
It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
To be a good mother — a woman must have sense, and that independence of mind which few women possess who are taught to depend entirely on their husbands. Meek wives are, in general, foolish mothers; wanting their children to love them best, and take their part, in secret, against the father, who is held up as a scarecrow.
We reason deeply, when we forcibly feel.
