"It is a melancholy reflection that the most important branch of education is often the most neglected."

"I would fain persuade women to endeavor to acquire strength, both of mind and body."

"To be more precise, a woman should be educated to be a rational creature, and then she will be a good wife and mother."

"I am not afraid of the world, nor of its censures."

"Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience."