But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.

When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.

Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.

If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.

Emerson,' I said, choosing my words with care, 'it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won't have to carry you such a distance.

I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle.... Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)

a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.