Before her marriage she had thought that she had love within her grasp; but since the happiness which she had expected this love to bring her hadn’t come, she supposed she must have been mistaken. And Emma tried to imagine just what was meant, in life, by the words “bliss,” “passion,” and “rapture” - words that had seemed so beautiful to her in books.

How you measure the performance of your managers directly affects the way they act.

One day, I shall explode like an artillery shell and all my bits will be found on the writing table.

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

Women want you to deceive them: they force you to, and if you resist, they blame you.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal. I've never sought it (though I desire it) and seek it less and less.