It is assumed that the woman must wait, motionless, until she is wooed. That is how the spider waits for the fly.

Unbounded hopes were placed on each successive extension of the electoral franchise, culminating in the enfranchisement of women.These hopes have been disappointed, because the voters, male and female, being politically untrained and uneducated, have (a) no grasp of constructive measures; (b) loathe taxation as such; (c) dislike being governed at all; and (d) dread and resent any extension of official interference as an encroachment on their personal liberty.

The problem with the press is that they can't tell the difference between a bicycle crash and the end of civilization.

The average age (longevity) of a meat eater is 63. I am on the verge of 85 and still work as hard as ever. I have lived quite long enough and am trying to die; but I simply cannot do it. A single beef-steak would finish me; but I cannot bring myself to swallow it. I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism.

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

I have my own soul. My own spark of divine fire.