The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.

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 have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.

I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.

The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.--Ameila Peabody

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

The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.