“I don't know a damn thing. I don't know what it's about. The longer I live, the more mysterious life is.”

“If I could have done anything more, it would have been less”

“Life moves fast, in an undesired harmony with time. The moment one blinks, one doesn't know where the next view may take them.”

“The longer I live, the more I realize that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time!”

“I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum”

“I want to be thoroughly used up when I die for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.”

“Oh that. Men do fall in love with me. They seem to think me a creature with volcanic passions; I'm sure I don't know why. All the volcanic women I know are plain little creatures with sandy hair. I don't consider human volcanoes respectable. And I'm so tired of the subject. Our house is always full of women in love with my husband and men in love with me. We encourage it because it's pleasant to have company.”