There is only one person an English girl hates more than she hates her elder sister; and that is her mother.

The chief objection to playing wind instruments is that it prolongs the life of the player.

Social progress takes effect through the replacement of all institutions by new ones; and since every institution involves the recognition of the duty of conforming to it, progress must involve the repudiation of an established duty at every step.

Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.

A day's work is a day's work, neither more nor less, and the man or woman who does it needs a day's sustenance, a night's repose and due leisure, whether they be painter or ploughman.

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry. They can't.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.