It took me years to learn that character is fate and that no one can be made over.

The French are a race of individuals. There is no type.

the only revenge worth having is success.

The Southerners are the only cooks in the United States. The real difference between the South and the North is that one enjoys itself getting dyspepsia and the other does not.

It took me some time to learn that although every one secretly cherishes the ambition to be 'put in a book,' no one is ever satisfied with anything save incense, butter, and honey, unrelieved by salt or spice.

It took me years to learn that character is fate and that no one can be made over.

... the irony of life is not that you cannot forget but that you can.