Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse.

... there has never been a period in history when there have been necessary killings which has not been instantly followed by a period when there have been unnecessary killings.

I don't believe that to understand is necessarily to pardon, but I feel that to understand makes one forget that one cannot pardon.

It seemed a good idea at the time.

I cannot think that espionage can be recommended as a technique for building an impressive civilization. It's a lout's game.

Idiocy is the female defect ... It is no worse than the male defect, which is lunacy.

... it is nearly impossible to understand those who are beyond our sight, who are not explained to us by ties of birth or the contact of the flesh.