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

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.

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.

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

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.

We must know the measure of a man's desires before we can sound the depth of his regrets.

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