"I had lived a charmed life, and then I lost a beautiful woman I loved with all my heart"

"The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water"

"A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition"

"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"

"Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting"

"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there"

"If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all"

"Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"Business is the salt of life"

"A man who will not lie to a woman has very little consideration for her feelings"