So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.

My theory on literature is an author who does not indulge in trashiness-writes about people you could introduce into your own home...he did not care to read a book or go to a play about people he would not care to meet at his own dinner table. I believe we should live by certain standards and ideals.

It is love in old age, no longer blind, that is true love. For the love's highest intensity doesn't necessarily mean it's highest quality.

The only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires.

Whatever does not pretend at all has style enough.

Gossip is never fatal until it is denied.

Youth cannot imagine romance apart from youth.