it is easy to starve, but it is difficult to stoop.

My intellect is a little way upon the wrong side of that narrow boundary-line between sanity and insanity.

A modern writer likens coquettes to those hunters who do not eat the game which they have successfully pursued.

Of course there are exceptional circumstances, and there is exceptional talent; but, unhappily, exceptional talent does not always win its reward unless favoured by exceptional circumstances.

Amiability is the redeeming quality of fools.

Why, I can't help smiling at people, and speaking prettily to them. I know I'm no better than the rest of the world; but I can't help it if I'm pleasanter. It's constitutional.

How chronic is the unconcern of men and women of the world!