Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath.
The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason.
Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream.
I love my man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.
It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity. It is time to separate unchangeable morals from local manners.
Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in.