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

"I am a strange compound of weakness and resolution! All my feelings are on the tortured rack; but I will not be a fool, if I can help it."

"I have a heart that is too open to be deceived."

"It is a melancholy truth that among the higher classes, the only system of education adopted is calculated to make women more dependent and helpless."

"Virtue can only flourish amongst equals."