When I sit down to write a novel I do not at all know, and I do not very much care, how it is to end.

Romance is very pretty in novels, but the romance of a life is always a melancholy matter. They are most happy who have no story to tell.

I don't like anybody or anything," said Lucinda. Yes, you do;--you like horses to ride, and dresses to wear.

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.

Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.

The best education is to be had at a price, as well as the best broadcloth.

It is no good any longer having any opinion upon anything.