Women are not made for one single man; 'tis for men at large Nature created them.

Never may an act of possession be exercised upon a free being; the exclusive possession of a woman is no less unjust than the possession of slaves; all men are born free, all have equal rights: never may there be granted to one sex the legitimate right to lay monopolizing hands on the other, and never may one of these sexes, or classes, arbitrarily posses the other.

To lie is always a necessity for women; above all when they choose to deceive, falsehood becomes vital to them.

It requires only two things to win credit for a miracle: a mountebank and a number of silly women

How delicious are these implements of torture.

True felicity lies only in the senses, and virtue gratifies none of them.