Nobody objects to a woman being a good writer or sculptor or geneticist if at the same time she manages to be a good wife, a good mother, good-looking, good-tempered, well-dressed, well-groomed, and unaggressive.

You cannot know what you do not feel.

People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.

Ribbons a-flutter and orchids a-tremble, Yearly the vigilant Daughters assemble, Affirming in fervid and firm resolutions Their permanent veto on all revolutions.

No man is a Christian who cheats his fellows, perverts the truth, or speaks of a "clean bomb" yet he will be the first to make public his faith in God.

To be at peace with self, to find company and nourishment in self-this would be the test of the free and productive psyche.

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.