"I think every woman is entitled to a middle husband she can forget."

"Being assertive does not mean attacking or ignoring others feelings. It means that you are willing to hold up for yourself fairly-without attacking others."

"Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics."

"We learn the rope of life by untying its knots."

"A man said to the Universe: 'Sir, I exist!' 'However,' replied the Universe, 'the fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.'"

"If you achieve success, you will get applause, and if you get applause, you will hear it. My advice to you concerning applause is this; enjoy it but never quite believe it."

"Bride, n. A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her."

"The state is nothing but an instrument of oppression of one class by another--no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy."

"'The Good Book' - one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever coined."

"Your paradigm is so intrinsic to your mental process that you are hardly aware of its existence, until you try to communicate with someone with a different paradigm."

"[Poetry] is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake."

"The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being and that every soul is that Being in full, not a part of that Being."