"Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison."

"If women be educated for dependence that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?"

"Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government."

"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks."

"What we call “Progress”is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance."

"I can see why there's a misconception that it's easier when your parents are actors, but it doesn't work out at all. In fact, it's the reverse."

"It is a subtle truth that when purpose is clear, every obstacle transforms into a stepping stone."

"I don't know what 'Mad Men' has done for my fan base. I didn't know that I still had a fan base, to be honest."