Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does

I assume that to prevent illness in later life, you should never have been born at all.

Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.

The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew every time he sees me, while all the rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them

I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.