The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.

What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh!

It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.

Our dogs will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed our colossal vanity with their uncritical homage.

For indeed all that we think so new to-day has been acted over and over again, a shifting comedy, by the women of every century.

No man pursues what he has at hand. No man recognizes the need of pursuit until that which he desires has escaped him.

There are few things more wearisome in a fairly fatiguing life than the monotonous repetition of a phrase which catches and holds the public fancy by virtue of its total lack of significance.

It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought.

For my part, the good novel of character is the novel I can always pick up; but the good novel of incident is the novel I can never lay down.

Fear is a state of nervousness only fit for children

We work all our lives to be who we become. And, it's who we become that determines what becomes of us.

when life gives you lemons, don't try to make orange juice

We all are striving for something every minute of the day, whether we realize it or not.

Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.

I am geared towards communicating on a female level.

Just as surely as every new language mastered opens up a new world, so knowledge of a Beethoven, a Chopin, or a Schumann opens up a new world in spiritual beauty and thought.

Instant gratification in photography is not something that I need or desire. I find that the long, slow journey to the final print captivates me far more.

Facebook is not your friend, it is a surveillance engine.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.