There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

He is fairer than the morning star, and whiter than the moon. For his body I would give my soul, and for his love I would surrender heaven.

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.

It is not the prisoners who need reformation, it is the prisons.

I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous.