as I get older there is nothing more constantly astonishing to me than the goodness of the Bad; - unless it is the badness of the Good.

Grief is the price Love pays for being in the same world with Death.

When it comes to bombshells, there are few that can be more effective than that small, flat, frail thing, a letter.

as I get older there is nothing more constantly astonishing to me than the goodness of the Bad; - unless it is the badness of the Good.

Grandmother belongs to the generation of women who were satisfied to have men retain their vices, if they removed their hats.

Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.

The fact is, the secret of happiness is the sense of proportion.