66 Quotes by Mary Astell

There is not anything so excellent, but some will carp at it. . .

Why is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another?

Whilst our Hearts are violently set upon any thing, there is no convincing us that we shall ever be of another Mind.

The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator.

Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best.

Tis very great pity that they who are so apt to over-rate themselves in smaller matters, shou'd, where it most concerns them to know, and stand upon their Value, be so insensible of their own worth.

If absolute sovereignty be not necessary in a State, how comes it to be so in a family?

How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex?

That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.