Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn’t can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.

It does not do to laugh at the pangs of youth. They are very terrible because youth has not yet learned that 'this, too, will pass away.

Since you are determined to be married, Miss Cornelia," said Gilbert solemnly, "I shall give you the excellent rules for the management of a husband which my grandmother gave my mother when she married my father." "Well, I reckon I can manage Marshall Elliott," said Miss Cornelia placidly. "But let us hear your rules." "The first one is, catch him." "He's caught. Go on." "The second one is, feed him well." "With enough pie. What next?" "The third and fourth are-- keep your eye on him.

one reason why I like writing poetry - you can say so many things in it that are true in poetry but wouldn't be true in prose.

I'm always sorry when pleasant things end. Something still pleasanter may come after, but you can never be sure.

Jane's stories are extremely sensible. Then Diana puts too many murders into hers. She says most of the time she doesn't know what to do with the people so she kills them off to get rid of them.

I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.