Mary Astell : (2)

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

" To plead for the Oppress’d and to defend the Weak seem’d to me a generous undertaking; for tho’ it may be secure, ’tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party. " - Mary Astell