The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond; and must be polished, or the lustre of it will never appear. And ’tis manifest, that as the rational soul distinguishes us from brutes; so education carries on the distinction, and makes some less brutish than others. The Education of Women (1719)
All the reproaches and ill names we bestow on the sex, as fickle, weak, and inconstant, are owing to the want of education. The Education of Women (1719)