“However benevolent men may be in their intentions, they cannot know what women want and what suits the necessities of women's lives as well as women know these things themselves.”

“There are many excuses for the person who made the mistake of confounding money and wealth. Like many others they mistook the sign for the thing signified.”

“However benevolent men may be in their intentions, they cannot know what women want and what suits the necessities of women's lives as well as women know these things themselves.”

“If the nineteenth century was a time of education for women, it was no less a time of education for men.”