People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.
I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens
November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year.
To most the end comes as naturally and simply as sleep.
Cast your bread upon the waters, and after many days it will come back buttered.
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.