Mary Wollstonecraft

"Virtue is the perfection of human nature."

"The soul must be composed and steady."

"The woman who submits to her husband's tyranny becomes the tyrant of her children."

"Rigorous reasoning and close thinking may not be the most agreeable, but it is the most profitable study."

"Every individual has a right to live, and to have his proper rights protected."

"Beware the man of one book."

"The most excellent purpose is to render women truly useful members of society."

"I cannot bear fetters."

"I have been led to look with some degree of anxiety upon the state of human knowledge."

"Without a cause, no virtuous action is possible."

"The person who is not able to rule oneself will never be able to rule others."

"Fortitude is the conquest of fear."

"There is no circumstance so miserable as to call for sullenness."

"The great fault lies in the conduct of mothers and fathers, not in children."

"Let women be cultivated as well as men."

"My own mind is my own church."

"I cannot accept the belief that woman was created solely to be the companion of man."

"Character is the result of a long series of thoughts and acts."

"The rights and wrongs of various governments are an extensive subject."

"I do not believe in God, though I believe in the goodness of action."

"The female philosophers have been the pioneers of a new rationality."

"Truth and goodness will eventually triumph."

"Strong women have good relationships with themselves."

"I love man as my fellow, but his scepter shall not extend over me."

"Civilized societies are not free from this crime."

"The spirit of liberty is the inspiration for human progress."

"Life and knowledge are endless to those who keep their eyes open."

"I simply implore the reader to examine the validity of these principles."

"Independence is necessary to forge one's character."

"The most despicable state is slavery in all its forms."