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

"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye."

"I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage."

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

"I am a child of nature, who has been taught to think; and I will not resign my birthright for a mess of pottage."