Humanity is never more sphinxlike than when it is expressing itself.

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

Domesticity is essentially drama, for drama is conflict, and the home compels conflict by its concentration of active personalities in a small area. The real objection to domesticity is that it is too exciting.

I have no faith in the sense of comforting beliefs which persuade me that all my troubles are blessings in disguise.

a good oyster cannot please the palate as acutely as a bad one can revolt it, and a good oyster cannot make him who eats it live for ever though a bad one can make him dead for ever.

domestic work is the most elementary form of labor. It is suitable for those with the intelligence of rabbits. All it requires is cleanlines, tidiness and quickness - not moral or intellectual qualities at all, but merely the outward and visible signs of health.

Journalism: an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.