"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."

"It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world."

"The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is to be hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger."

"I have been so accustomed to hear beauty of the mind extolled, that I have been led to expect something more than ordinary, when I have met with a woman with a cultivated understanding."

"The desire of being always in a crowd, of being always seen, always admired, is a sure mark of a little mind."