The only two good words that can be said for a hurricane are that it gives sufficient warning of its approach, and that it blows from one point of the compass at a time.

Never trust a woman who will not lie about her age after thirty. She is unwomanly and unhuman and there is no knowing what crimes she will commit.

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

New York has always prided itself on its bad manners. That is the real source of our strength.

Writing was my real life and I was more at home with the people of my imagination than with the best I met in the objective world.

the best of all good friends is pride.

Success is a great healer.