"My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of perpetual childhood, unable …"

"I am not a creature of impulse, but of deliberation."

"The most holy band of society is friendship."

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

"I am more and more convinced that happiness is not to be found on this side of eternity."