"When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die."

"Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life."

"Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product."

"Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both."

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do and damned if you don't."

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."

"It is not more vacation we need  - it is more vocation."

"I could never say in the morning, "I have a headache and cannot do thus and so". Headache or no headache, thus and so had to be done."

"It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner."

"I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable."

"When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor."

"The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are."

"The Bible illustrated by Dore occupied many of my hours - and I think probably gave me many nightmares."

"Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth."

"A woman is like a teabag, only in hot water do you realize how strong she is."

"There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands."

"I knew I was the first girl in my mother’s family who was not a belle, and … I was deeply ashamed."