"The very constitution of civil society has been framed in the interest of men."

"I am not a slave to the fashion of the day, nor to the prejudice of any age."

"The mind must be strong that resolutely forms its own principles."

"I have a heart that is ready to burst with the tenderest affection, and a head that is full of the most exalted notions."

"Men have been more anxious to make women alluring mistresses than affectionate wives and rational mothers."