My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute read more

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to read more

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.

Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.

Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... read more

Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

The great question - which I have not been able to answer - is: "What does a woman want?"

The great question - which I have not been able to answer - is: "What does a woman want?"

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.

Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.

While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior read more

While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many equations to solve. I'm no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women.