Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

Live simply so others may simply live.

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some.

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

Certain signs precede certain events.

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.

I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Nature is not human-hearted.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.