"I have never felt at any point in my life, good or bad, any ill will ever from the man or woman on the street"

"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"

"A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie"

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

"He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good"

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

"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit"

"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"