"Many are the causes that conspire to render women more dependent than men; and one, not the least, is the false system of education, which is adopted for their sex."

"The woman who has only been taught to please will soon find that her power is of short duration."

"Pleasure is the business of women, according to the present modification of society, and while it continues to be so, little can be expected from such weak beings."

"In fact, it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of its own reason."

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