Why, all his virtues are derived from his station only; because he is rich, he is called generous; because he is powerful, brave - Mary Wollstonecraft

I heard of the discovery of the American hemisphere, and wept with Safie over the hapless fate of its original inhabitants.

It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men; nay, it is vain to expect that strength of natural affection which would make them good wives and mothers. Whilst they are absolutely dependent on their husbands they will be cunning, mean, and selfish.

I was seized by remorse and the sense of guilt, which hurried me away to a hell of intense tortures as no language can describe