There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears.

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.

There is no weapon in the feminine armory to which men are so vulnerable as they are to a smile.

In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.

The reason husbands and wives do not understand each other is because they belong to different sexes.

For in all the world there are no people so piteous and forlorn as those who are forced to eat the bitter bread of dependency in their old age, and find how steep are the stairs of another man's house. Wherever they go they know themselves unwelcome. Wherever they are, they feel themselves a burden. There is no humiliation of the spirit they are not forced to endure. Their hearts are scarred all over with the stabs from cruel and callous speeches.

It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones.