Happiness lies in the consciousness we have of it.

Learned women are ridiculed because they put to shame unlearned men.

... everyone's free to embark on either a great clipper or a little fishing boat. An artist is an explorer who oughtn't to shrink from anything: it doesn't matter whether he goes to the left or the right -- his goal sanctifies all.

Simplicity is the essence of the great, the true, the beautiful in art.

we do not die of anguish, we live on. We continue to suffer. We drink the cup drop by drop.

Believe in no other God than the one who insists on justice and equality among men.

A day will come when everything in my life will be changed, when I shall do good to others, when some one will love me, when I shall give my whole heart to the man whi gives ne his; neanwhile, U will suffer in silence and keep my love as a reward for him who shall set me free.