The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods

An unalterable and unquestioned law of the musical world required that the German text of French operas sung by Swedish artists should be translated into Italian for the clearer understanding of English-speaking audiences.

Inkstands and tea-cups are never as full as when one upsets them.

When a man says he doesn't understand a woman it's because he won't take the trouble.

Habit is necessary. It is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive ... one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in the big things, and happy in small ways.

Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.