The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.

A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.

I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, though no doubt divinely inspired, is a trifle careless about details. God is not a historian).

I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

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