"I am not a mere machine, but a thinking being."

"Men are not more naturally brave than women, nor more naturally rational. They are only rendered so by education."

"I shall be at a loss to discover why marriage has been called the tomb of love."

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

"Till women are more rationally educated, the progress of human virtue and improvement in knowledge must receive a continual check."