It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die.

My sort of looks are of the kind that bore me when I see them on other people.

She spends her day powdering her face till she looks like a bled pig.

There are some people that you cannot change, you must either swallow them whole or leave them alone.

Rumor is untraceable, incalculable, and infectious.

There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action; but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs --apart from discernment --a certain greatness to find him.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.