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

Activity is a sovereign remedy for the blues.

It is possible for a spinster to be disappointed in lovers, but only the married are ever disappointed in love.

There isn't a new sorrow in the world -- they're all old ones -- but we can all find new happiness if we look in the right way.

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

The conventions of society are all in the interests of morality. If you're conventional, you'll be good, in a negative sense, of course.

Revolution is obstructed evolution.