Here are some samples of quotes attributed to her. I especially like her last words before dying when —waking up and seeing her family gathered — she asked: “Am I dying or is this my birthday?”

“Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.”

“In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.”

“My vigor, vitality and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.”

“Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.”

“I married beneath me. All women do.”

“The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.”

“One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time.”

“The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.”

“I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older I find that I don't want to do them.”

“The only thing I like about rich people is their money.”

“I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate.”

“Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.”