There's nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final.

The two best subjects for conversation are talking shop and making love.

Marriage! ... Why, it is like living in a thimble with a hippopotamus!

Our responsibility to ourselves comes first -- because in a sense what one is oneself is the responsibility that one has for others!

If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven.

All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it.

Neither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life; but what are called 'common men and women' have increased it.