Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom. – Mary Astell
But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband? – Mary Astell
The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in Gods Eyes. – Mary Astell
God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him. – Mary Astell