Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good to be holding the helm; no matter how strong my hands, the s…

My maxim was, la carriere est ouverte aux talents, without distinction of birth or fortune.

I generally had to give in.

Heiraten und Nahnadeln mussen die Frauenzimmer einfadeln.

I answer that, It was necessary for woman to be made, as the Scripture says, as a 'helper' to man; not, indeed, as a helpmate in other works, as some say, sinc…

Were the destiny of woman thus exactly marked out, did she invariably retain the shelter of a parent's or guardian's roof till she married, did marriage give h…