With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species.

Inspiration cannot be willed, though it can be wooed.

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.

The word "jealousy" is often used as if it were synonymous with envy; but I think the distinction worth preserving. Jealousy is predominantly concerned with the fear of loss of something one possesses, envy with the wish to own something another possesses. Othello suffers from the fear that he has lost Desdemona's love. Iago suffers from envy of the position held by Cassio, to which he feels entitled.

I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it.

All the world loves a lover, and a lover loves all the world.

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.