nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

How dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow.

There is but one solution to the intricate riddle of life; to improve ourselves, and contribute to the happiness of others.

It would be an endless task to trace the variety of meannesses, cares, and sorrows, into which women are plunged by the prevailing opinion that they were created rather to feel than reason, and that all the power they obtain, must be obtained by their charms and weakness.