I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature ...
Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most of her daughters have been afraid of it since.
The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.
Let your observations and comparisons produce in your mind an abhorrence of domination and power, the parent of slavery, ignorance, and barbarism, which places man upon a level with his fellow tenants of the woods.
I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.
A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God. Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?
Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.
The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.
History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.
When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what
Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your sex.
My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.'
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.
To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.
I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
Great necessities call out great virtues.