Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.

I just woke up feeling happy this morning. You know those days when everything in the world seems right.

One must make one's own mistakes

Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world.

all women, without in the least meaning it, consider every man they meet as a possible husband for themselves or for their best friend.

It's so much nicer to be a secret and delightful sin to anybody than to be a feather in his cap.