"It is time to effect a revolution in female manners—time to restore to them their lost dignity."

"How can a being be called rational who is only allowed to reason when she is to obey?"

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

"Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable—and life is more than a dream."

"It is difficult for me to be patient with the folly of mankind."