Journalists grow accustomed to seeing evil and they let it pass; they proceed to approve it, and they end by committing it themselves.

When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.

I'm a great poet. I don't put my poems on paper: they consist of actions and feelings.

The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human.

The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.

Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman.