Women are a decorative sex. They never have anything to say, but they say it charmingly

Some things are more precious because they don't last long.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

I have a simple taste, only the best.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

I envy you going to Oxford: it is the most flower-like time of one's life. One sees the shadow of things in silver mirrors. Later on, one sees the Gorgon's head, and one suffers, because it does not turn one to stone.

If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty