"The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank, thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can."

"I am not a mere tool, but an agent."

"The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is to be hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger."

"It is a waste of time to be always thinking of what you are to say."

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