"Suffering has taught me wisdom."
Wisdom
"I am not bound to make the world happy."
"Justice is a virtue I have always revered."
Justice
"My heart answered with an echo: I am your equal."
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will."
Freedom
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
Happiness
"Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion."
Truth
"I am not an angel, and I will not pretend to be one."
"The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself."
Strength
"I would not give my life for Frank's, nor for yours either."
"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!"
Courage
"I felt as if I had been born anew."
Change
"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs."
Wisdom
"I would rather be a slave and owe nothing than not be a slave and owe my liberation to any man."
Freedom
"I grew up among mountains and storms."
Nature
"I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh."
"Did you never hear of books?"
Education
"Millions are condemned to a stiffer fate."
Perseverance
"I am not cast from iron; I need comfort."
"I could not turn, nor retrace one step. God must have led me on."
Faith
"There is something in that one little word which world does not know."
"Conventionality is not morality; self-righteousness is not religion."
Faith
"My character will be vindicated before God."
Justice
"I am not an automaton—I have a soul."
"Reader, I married him."
Love
"The great and omnipotent Author of all things."
Faith
"There is nothing I fear so much as idleness."
Work
"Whatever I do, if it is at all virtuous, I will strive to the last gasp to complete it."
Perseverance
"I am no bird; I am not caught in a snare. I am a free human being with an independent will."
"I would rather die than be your mistress."