We may not commit a lesser Sin under pretence to avoid a greater, but we may, nay we ought to endure the greatest Pain and Grief rather than commit the least Sin. — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
Nor can the Apostle mean that Eve only sinned; or that she only was Deceived, for if Adam sinned willfully and knowingly, he became the greater Transgressor. — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
He who will be just, must be forc'd to acknowledge, that neither Sex are always in the right. — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
A husband is indeed thought by both sexes so very valuable, that scarce a man who can keep himself clean and make a bow,… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
“Strip him of equipage and fortune, and such things as only dazzle our eyes and imaginations, but don't in any measure affect our reason… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex? — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds. — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
friendship is a virtue which comprehends all the rest; none being fit for this, who is not adorned with every other virtue. — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may. — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
