"A woman's entire education should be planned in relation to men. To please men, to be useful to them, to make herself loved and honored by them, to raise them when young, to care for them when grown, …"

"The most dangerous method of doing evil is to do good under false pretenses."

"As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State 'What does it matter to me?' the State may be given up for lost."

"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. Those who think themselves masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they."

"It is not good for man to be alone; and I say it is not good for him to be a philosopher."