What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.
Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not.
It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
