If absolute sovereignty be not necessary in a State, how comes it to be so in a family? — Mary Astell
Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell
If none were to marry, but men of strict vertue and honour, I doubt the world would be but thinly peopled. — Mary Astell
Hitherto I have courted truth with a kind of romantick passion, in spite of all difficulties — Mary Astell
Marry for love, an heroick action, which makes a mighty noise in the world, partly because — Mary Astell
Every body has so good an opinion of their own understanding as to think their own way the best. — Mary Astell