Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother

And if the reader has no taste for what he reads, all the time is wasted

I am put on my best behavior, which means the same thing as the most uncomfortable behavior.

Business men who are busy the whole day and immediately go to bed after supper, snoring like cows, are not likely to contribute anything to culture.

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.

I do not think that any civilization can be called complete until it has progressed from sophistication to unsophistication, and made a conscious return to simplicity of thinking and living.

Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do.