He who treats another human being as divine thereby assigns to himself the relative status of a child or an animal.

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

I won’t be happy till I’m as famous as God.

A woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, now that, and changes names as it changes in direction.

I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.