[the Devil's] Laws Are Easy, And His

The Best Of Men Cannot Suspend Their Fate; The Good Die Early, And The Bad Die Late.

I Am Giving An Account Of What Was, Not Of What Ought Or Ought Not To Be.

Never, Ladies, Marry A Fool. Any Husband Rather Than A Fool. With Some Other Husband You May Be Unhappy, But With A Fool You Will Be Miserable.

These Reflections Made Me Very Sensible Of The Goodness Of Providence To Me, And Very Thankful For My Present Condition, With All Its Hardships And Misfortunes ; And This Part Also I Cannot But Recommend To The Reflection Of Those Who Are Apt, In Their Misery, To Say, Is Any Affliction Like Mine? Let Them Consider How Much Worse The Cases Of Some People Are, And Their Case Might Have Been, If Providence Had Thought Fit.

Why Then Should Women Be Denied The Benefits Of Instruction? If Knowledge And Understanding Had Been Useless Additions To The Sex, God Almighty Would Never Have Given Them Capacities.