One can't dull a project better than by discussing it repeatedly.

I treat my heart like a sick child and gratify its every fancy

Writing is busy idleness.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Treat people the way they are and they will stay that way. Treat people the way they can become and they will become that way.

Women are silver dishes into which we put golden apples.

The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.