unloved women have no biographies-- they have histories

Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances.

Happiness, remarked Maury Noble one day, is only the first hour after the alleviation of some especially intense misery.

Your first most typical figure in any new place turns out to be a bluff or a local nuisance.

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.

I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.

I want to tell you about your heart— you've probably been neglecting your heart—and you don’t know.