"I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all."

"People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up."

"Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, And that's what parents were created for."

"The Preacher, the Politicain, the Teacher, Were each of them once a kiddie. A child, indeed, is a wonderful creature. Do I want one? God Forbiddie!"

"He without benefit of scruples His fun and money soon quadruples."

"Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else."

"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."

"Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings."

"It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream."

"Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes.' They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'"

"It is honourable to be accused by those who deserve to be accused."

"Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them afterwards."