A pedant holds more to instruct us with what he knows, than of what we are ignorant.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.

The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.

The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way.

Do wars support the military-industrial complex and therefore support the people?

I had a lot of expectations placed on me because I was already having some success with my short stories. That was not a good situation to be in. That by itself took a long time to overcome.

For me, 'choking' is just another term in golf.

I like photographing dresses in windows. I actually wore a lot of dresses in the '70s. I like them on other people now.

To resolve such conflicts peacefully in our interdependent - or what I would like to call our intra-interdependent - world requires not just well-chosen words but sustained and unified action.

Anyway I know only too well that all life is nothing but a brief reprieve from death.

Now I know how Joan of Arc felt.

For there no yew nor cypress spread their glom But roses blossom'd each rustic tomb.

It's always great to play parts that are larger than life.