It's only when we're relaxed that the thing way down deep in all of us - call it the subconscious mind, the spirit, what you will - has a chance to well up and tell us how we shall go.

You can always get sympathy by using the word small. With little industries you feel as you do about a little puppy.

The accusation that I am a woman is incontrovertible.

Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.

Our idea of what constitutes social good has advanced with the procession of the ages, from those desperate times when just to keep body and soul together was an achievement, to the great present when "good" includes an agreeable, stable civilization accessible to all, the opportunity of each to develop his particular genius and the privilege of mutual usefulness.

The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.

In America, public opinion is the leader