“What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.”

“What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.”

“Be happy. It's one way of being wise.”

“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.”

“It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.”

“Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.”

“The woman who thinks she is intelligent demands equal rights with men. A woman who is intelligent does not.”

“One keeps forgetting old age up to the very brink of the grave.”

“A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.”

“Total absence of humor renders life impossible.”