If we women were particular about men's characters, we should never get married at all.

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor.

That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms.

My heart, my heart, be whole and free: Love is thine only enemy.

A mind of the caliber of mine cannot derive its nutrient from cows.

I object to publishers: the one service they have done me is to teach me to do without them. They combine commercial rascality with artistic touchiness and pettishness, without being either good business men or fine judges of literature.

Justice is impartiality. Only strangers are impartial.