I Say To The Young, Be Happy

If I Die Tomorrow Or In A Year, It Is The Same — It Is The Message You Leave Behind You That Counts.

At 20, I Realized That I Could Not Possibly Adjust To A Feminine Role As Conceived By My Father And Asked Him Permission To Engage In A Professional Career. In Eight Months I Filled My Gaps In Latin, Greek And Mathematics, Graduated From High School, And Entered Medical School In Turin.

The Instruments, Glassware, And Chemical Reagents Necessary For My Project Were The Same As My 19th-century Predecessors Had.

At 100, I Have A Mind That Is Superior - Thanks To Experience - Than When I Was 20.

My Experience In Childhood And Adolescence Of The Subordinate Role Played By The Female In A Society Run Entirely By Men Had Convinced Me That I Was Not Cut Out To Be A Wife.