"Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; – that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers."

"Pleasure is the business of a woman's life, according to the present modification of society."

"I may be an enthusiast, but I am not a visionary."

"I have a soul that pants for liberty."

"I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves."