Curiously enough, it is often the people who refuse to assume any responsibility who are apt to be the sharpest critics of those who do.

Your life is your own. You mold it. You make it. All anyone can do is to point out ways and means which have been helpful to others. Perhaps they will serve as suggestions to stimulate your own thinking until you know what it is that will fulfill you, will help you to find out what you want to do with your life.

One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress the sources of information, not only by burning books but by controlling all the other ways in which ideas are transmitted.

The constant pressure to bring about conformity is a dangerous thing.

A guest is really good or bad because of the host or hostess who makes being a guest an easy or a difficult task.

Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!

Always be on time. Never try to make any personal engagements. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Never be disturbed by anything. Always do what you're told to do as quickly as possible. Remember to lean back in a parade, so that people can see your husband. Don't get too fat to ride three on a seat. Get out of the way as quickly as you're not needed.