The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.--Ameila Peabody.

Loving someone condemns you to a lifetime of fear. You become painfully conscious of how fragile people are - bundles of brittle bones and vulnerable….

Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries..

a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty..

..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females...and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything….

Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion..

I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter..

But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended..

Money was the manure of politics..

If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation..

People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and ….

A man asking for help ought to at least give directions..

Now, Mama, Papa, and sir," said Ramses, "please withdraw to the farthest corner and crouch down with your backs turned. It is as I feared; we will ne….

When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow..

I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle.... Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyra….

I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it..

I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read..

I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me..

There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited..

I will tell you a little secret about archaeologists, dear Reader. They all pretend t be very high-minded. They claim that their sole aim in excavati….

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them..