The first duty of a woman is to be pretty, the second is to be well-groomed, and the third is never to contradict.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

Perhaps the most important use of money - It saves time. Life is so short, and there's so much to do, one can't afford to waste a minute; and just think how much you waste, for instance, in walking from place to place instead of going by bus and in going by bus instead of by taxi.

We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.

Sherry, the civilized drink.

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

Are you sure you can prevent yourself from falling in love one of these days? Such things do happen, you know, even to the most prudent men.' Simon gave him a strange, one might even have thought a hostile, look. I should tear it out of my heart as I'd wrench out of my mouth a rotten tooth.