Come and see us if you feel like it,' she said. 'I always expect people to ask themselves. Life is too short to send out invitations.

But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost.

Men are simpler than you imagine my sweet child. But what goes on in the twisted, tortuous minds of women would baffle anyone.

I wish I was a woman of about thirty-six dressed in black satin with a string of pearls.

Women want love to be a novel, men a short story.

A dreamer, I walked enchanted, and nothing held me back.

Life was a series of greetings and farewells, one was always saying good-bye to something, to someone.

I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. For it is a fever, and a burden, too, whatever the poets may say.

The point is, life has to be endured, and lived. But how to live it is the problem.

Difficulties of life are valuable opportunities for self-discovery.

There are many shortcuts to failure, but there are no shortcuts to true success.

The gifts of God that are hidden within us are designed not only for our own needs but also forthe needs of others.

Measuring nuclear yield depends on multiple parameters - the location and number of instruments, the geology of the area, the location of the seismic station in relation to the test site.

Repetition is the death of magic.

Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of material life.

As it is impossible to be outside God, the best is consciously to dwell in Him.

Awakening is not something you achieve. It is something you relax into.

'Take offense at the drop of a hat' is the unwritten eleventh commandment.

I believe in animal rights, and high among them is the right to the gentle stroke of a human hand.