War is a thing of fearful and curious anomalies ... It has shown that government by men only is not an appeal to reason, but an appeal to arms; that on women, without a voice to protest, must fall the burden. It is easier to die than to send a son to death.

A little work, a little sleep, a little love and it's all over.

Courage was America's watchword, but a courage of the body rather than of the soul - physical courage, not moral.

Women are like dogs really. They love like dogs, a little insistently. And they like to fetch and carry and come back wistfully after hard words, and learn rather easily to carry a basket.

every act of one's life is the unavoidable result of every act that has preceded it.

I have always regarded divorce as essentially disagreeable, like castor oil, but necessary.

my family, although it keeps its hair, turns gray early - a business asset but a social handicap.