"I have been so much accustomed to hear of the rights of men, that I begin to ask, what are the rights of women?"

"Contending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of knowledge…"

"I do not want to be loved like a goddess; I wish to be necessary to you."

"The most perfect human being is the one who has the most freedom."

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