
If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled.

The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we go down without taking notice on't.

Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion.

He who only or chiefly chose for Beauty, will in a little Time find the same Reason for another Choice.

How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex?

The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.

Why is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another?

None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.

None can be Tyrants but Cowards.

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?

If absolute sovereignty be not necessary in a State, how comes it to be so in a family?

Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind.

Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best.

We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.

That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.

Fetters of gold are still fetters, and the softest lining can never make them so easy as liberty.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.

How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.

If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any, 'for He does nothing in vain.'

Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best.

Women are from their very infancy debarred those Advantages with the want of which they are afterwards reproached.

God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him.

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.

A woman indeed can't properly be said to choose, all that is allowed her, is to refuse or accept what is offered.

The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator.