"It's a cosmic joke that I'm a lesbian, because I understand men so well but women are a complete mystery to me"

"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides"

"Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent"

"Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody"

"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body"

"Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked"

"The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out"

"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve"

"If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts"

"My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake"

"One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want to make damn sure you die before them, just as you plant a tree or build a house knowing, hoping that it will outlive you. That's how the human species has done as well as it has"