It is only the first baby that takes up the whole of a woman's time.Five or six do not require nearly so much attention as one.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven.

Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone.

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.

Dreams are realities in oxygenated form

There are still very few laws against thinking, although I am sure they're working hard on that in Washington.

Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.

The self is the modern substitute for the soul.

Ballet is good, because it makes you stand up tall.

Available energy is the main object at stake in the struggle for existence and the evolution of the world.

From joy I came, for joy I live, in sacred joy I melt.

I do feel like all the people I meet, all the people I'm in discussions with, if I'm working with somebody, I sense the same energy that everybody is suffering from the same predicament.

Think hard before you begin, then enter the work.

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