I was born to be a remarkable woman; it matters little in what way or how. ... I shall be famous or I will die.
They were married for better or worse. He couldn't have done better, and she couldn't have done worse.
Man is a reasoning, rather than a reasonable, animal.
The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.
Pride ruined the angels.
Always take an emergency leisurely.
There is no power on earth more formidable than the truth.
Cats - a standing rebuke to behavioural scientists . . . least human of all creatures.
You must be holy in the way God asks you to be holy. God does not ask you to be a Trappist monk or a hermit. He wills that you sanctify your everyday life.
The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness.
If virtue were its own reward, it would no longer be a human quality, but supernatural.
Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
The test of a vocation is the love of the drudgery it involves.
Living in the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causes you to bump into people not going your way.
A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier and hoarser than his wife.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
In the faces of men and women I see God.
Much will have to change in Canada if the country is to stay the same.