The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.

When things are at their worst, I find something always happens.

Unconsciously, perhaps, we treasure the power we have over people by their regard for our opinion of them, and we hate those upon whom we have no such influence.

If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.

There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one's means of livelihood.

Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.

The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict.