Now, Mama, Papa, and sir," said Ramses, "please withdraw to the farthest corner and crouch down with your backs turned. It is as I feared; we will never break through by this method. The walls are eight feet thick. Fortunately I brought along a little nitroglycerin--" "Oh, good Gad," shrieked Inspector Cuff.

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

I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.

Peculiar or not, it is my idea of pleasure. Why, why else do you lead this life you don't enjoy it? Don't talk of duty to me; you men always have some high-sounding excuse for indulging yourselves. You go gallivanting over the earth, climbing mountains, looking for the sources of the Nile; and expect women to sit dully at home embroidering. I embroider very badly. I think I would excavate rather well.

Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.

Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.

Cats always pick the laps of the people who don't like them.