The world can forgive practically anything except people who mind their own business.

If! If! If! There were so many ifs in life, never any sense of security, always the dread of losing everything.

Now you are beginning to think for yourself instead of letting others think for you. That’s the beginning of wisdom.

Hardships make or break people.

The way to get a man interested and to hold his interest was to talk about himself, and then gradually lead the conversation around yourself—and keep it there.

It was hard to believe there was so much money in all this bitter and poverty-stricken world. So much money, so very much money, and someone else had it, someone who took it lightly and didn't need it.

You should be kissed and by someone who knows how.