
There is a graveyard in my poor heart - dark, heaped-up graves, from which no flowers spring. —
Adah Isaacs Menken

Life is a lie, and Love a cheat. —
Adah Isaacs Menken

There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field. —
Adah Isaacs Menken

Good women are rarely clever and clever women are rarely good. —
Adah Isaacs Menken