Any society that values wealth above freedom will lose its freedom, and will ultimately lose its wealth as well

Women's hearts are like old china, none the worse for a break or two.

A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.

To write simply is as difficult as to be good.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

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

The audience is not the least important actor in the play and if it will not do its allotted share the play falls to pieces.