Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
cats will be clean in a pigsty while pigs will be dirty in a marble hall.
Courage comes and goes. Hold on for the next supply.
To me, writing is not a profession. You might as well call living a profession. Or having children. Anything you can't help doing.
A man with money to pay for a meal can talk about hunger without demeaning himself. ... But for a man with no money hunger is a disgrace.
serious difficulties don't vanish by themselves, they are standing around your bed when you open the eyes the next morning.