There never was a woman so ill-suited to public life as I am. I have had to whip myself, as it were, into society, and the loneliness of it all has been terrific.

It is our imagination, not our conscience, which makes us better than the beasts of the field.

If the gods have no sense of humor they must weep a great deal.

Entertainment for entertainment's sake is the most expensive form of death.

Women may be whole oceans deeper than we are, but they are also a whole paradise better. She may have got us out of Eden, but as a compensation she makes the earth very pleasant.

A quart of doubt to an ounce of truth is the safest brew.

When a man forgets his ideals he may hope for happiness, but not till then.