“I always say just what I think, as you see, and I trust it will not seem unlovely to you in me as a woman. I do not wish to appear so, but I had rather than give up what I think is truly and undeniably one of woman’s rights in common with men.”

Defence of frank speech as a right belonging equally to women · Letter to Charles F. Briggs, c. 1844–45

• Gender
• Honesty
• Speech

“It is easy enough to be married—the newspaper columns show us that every day, but to live and be happy as simple King and Queen without the gifts of fortune, this is, I confess, a triumph which suits my nature better.”

Preference for a modest, contented partnership over worldly advantage · Letter to a friend, early 1840s

• Contentment
• Marriage
• Simplicity