A little scandal is an excellent thing; nobody is ever brighter or happier of tongue than when he is making mischief of his neighbors.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life.

Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.

Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds.

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.

God’s manifest His mighty power, when we absolute depend on Him.

It's good to let your mind wonder, as long as you know where it's going

I firmly believe a great many prayers are not answered because we are not willing to forgive someone.

Humans are communications junkies. We just can't get enough.

Along with planes, running water, electricity, and motorized transportation, the internet is now a fundamental fact of modern life.

My mum told me always to wear heels. If I'm not wearing heels, she says, 'What? You're in flats?' So whenever I see her, I make sure I have heels with me.

Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein.

The boy had the towering arrogance only seen in the greatest of artists and all nine-year-old boys.

Moving first is a tactic, not a goal.

I prefer to remember the happy things over 10 years, the things that went well. Let me see, what did go well?