"The higher the coefficient of inequality (Gini coefficient) in a society, the worse things tend to be for those at the bottom."

“Books are the best type of the influence of the past.”

“To die for faction is a common evil, But to be hanged for nonsense is the devil.”

“Your wedding will not be what you think it is going to be, no matter what you think it is going to be.”

Source : Mimi Pond (1993). “A Groom of One's Own: And Other Bridal Accessories”, Plume Books

“Everything that I've done in my life was to lead me to my work with the animals.”

“I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.”

“Time is not eternal but was created by God at the beginning.”

“The truly ambitious are always as busy on the landings as they are breathless on the stairs.”

“men have been in charge of according value to literature, and ... they have found the contributions of their own sex immeasurably superior.”