“Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.”
“Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.”
“Men think that self-sacrifice is the most charming of all the cardinal virtues for women, and in order to keep it in healthy working order, they make opportunities for its illustration as often as possible.”
“I think that we should be men first and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.”
“It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.”
“Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.”