Womankind suffers from three delusions: marriage will reform a man, a rejected lover is heartbroken for life, and if the other women were only out of the way, he would come back.

each separate flower has a magic all its own.

Sins of commission are far more productive of happiness than the sins of omission.

One of the most interesting things in the world to me is the vast difference between what people say they are going to do, and what they actually do.

I've always thought my flowers had souls.

A book, unlike any other friend, will wait, not only upon the hour but upon the mood.

Three things I have longed to see ... The sea serpent, a white rhinoceros, and an unselfish man.