Of two evils, I always choose the lesser.

What was money that it should make such dreadful things of men and women?

Nature always levies her tribute.

You cannot write on the heart of another what you do not feel yourself.

Now what is a guest? A thing of a day! A person who disturbs your routine and interferes with important concerns. Why should any one be grateful for company? Why should time and money be lavished on visitors? They come. You overwork yourself. They go. You are glad of it. You return the visit, because it's the only way to have back at them.

My publishers will make any kind of a beautiful book I design and send in to them, but ... For poetry they have less use than a rooster would have for skates.

a trouble shared is a trouble half endured.