The words of the double-tongued are as if they were harmless, but they reach even to the inner part of the bowels. Praise be to the Lord, who distinguishes our cause and delivers us from the unjust and deceitful man.

If you want to concentrate deeply on some problem, and especially some piece of writing or paper-work, you should acquire a cat . . .

We often laughed at others in our house, and I picked up the craft of being polite while people were present and laughing later if there was anything to laugh about.

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.

Final perseverance is the doctrine that wins the eternal victory in small things as in great

How wonderful it feels to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century.

If you choose the sort of life which has no conventional pattern you have to try to make an art of it, or it is a mess.