Conflict is the very essence of life.

[On the Irish:] Strange race ... Don't know what they want, but want it like the devil.

Politics is still the man's game. The women are allowed to do the chores, the dirty work, and now and then--but only occasionally--one is present at some secret conference or other. But it's not the rule. They can go out and get the vote, if they can and will; they can collect money, they can be grateful for being permitted to work. But that is all.

I have never learned to say 'gas' for gasoline. It seems to me as absurd as if I were to say 'but' for butter.

There is no place in the world, I imagine, for a philosopher with a sense of humor, a new leisure, and an inquiring turn of mind!

Useless as a pulled tooth.

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