One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man . .

Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent.

But I'm not to be caught with such poor bait! I'm a big fish, I am.

Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.

Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children.

One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man . .

There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them.