In the mind of a woman, to give birth to a child is the short cut to omniscience.

As the cat lapses into savagery by night, and barbarously explores the dark, so primal and titanic is a woman with the love madness.

If you wish to be positive, which means youthful, never speak of the past any more than you can help.

Our bodies are apt to be our autobiographies.

To make fun of a person to his face is a brutal way of amusing one's self; be delicate and cunning, and keep your laugh in your sleeve, lest you frighten away your game.

In the mind of a woman, to give birth to a child is the short cut to omniscience.

To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.