"The woman who has not been taught to respect herself, will not respect others."

"The most respectable women are the most oppressed."

"A man should not be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday."

"How can a being be noble who is only good because she is afraid of being wicked?"

"I am more and more convinced that happiness is not to be found on this side of eternity."