All women want to be understood until they understand themselves.

Success is a great healer.

The world changed somewhat in form during its progress, but never in substance.

Here is a simple recipe to begin with. Get up every morning with the set intention of writing and go to your desk and sit there for three hours, whether you accomplish anything or not. Before long you will find that you are writing madly, not waiting for inspiration.

stoicism is the fundamental characteristic of the French.

We never care to know new people unless we are sure we shall like them.

Whether you fail or set the world on fire cannot make so very much difference if only you have the opportunity to try for it, to work for it, to think of nothing else!