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Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.

Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind.

Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit.

Marry for Love, an Heroick Action, which makes a mighty noise in the World, partly because of its rarity, and partly in regard of its extravagancy.

If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled.

We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.

To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself.

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.

The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.

We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.

To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself.

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.

If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?

Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in.

Why is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another?

Upon the principles of reason, the good of many is preferable to the good of a few or of one; a lasting good is to be preferred before a temporary, the public before the private.

None of us whether Men or Women but have so good an Opinion of our own Conduct as to believe we are fit, if not to direct others, at least to govern our selves.

Why is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another?