All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.

To remain pure, a novel has to cast a moral puzzle. Anything else is mere negotiation.

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.

In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.