Beautiful thoughts flit across the brain, like butterflies in the sun's rays, and are as difficult to capture.

Women endowed with remarkable sensibilities enjoy much; but they also suffer much.

Mme. Deluzy has said that indifference is a woman's guardian angel,--a remark not only applicable in France, but all over the world.

Every natural movement is graceful. Did you ever watch a kitten at play?

Misfortune sprinkles ashes on the head of the man, but falls like dew on the heart of the woman, and brings forth [gems] of strength of which she herself had no conscious possession.

Men are prostrated by misfortune; women bend, but do not break, and martyr-like live on.

There is always a half-malicious curiosity amongst actors to witness the shortcomings of a novice. They invariably experience strong inclinations to prophesy failure.

Pity's tears are spontaneous.

The more aspiration is partial realization.

If youth was sold in a bottle of hair dye, we would all get in line.

If you don't develop your skill at enjoying what you have, you won't be any happier when you get more.

Paris is not a city I should care to approach for the first time after I had passed forty.

Never saw one worth a damn.

It is not worth the while to live by rich cookery.

My biggest struggle has been balancing where I give my energy.

Take what's useful, leave out what's useless, and add a bit of yourself!

I was raised on a little farm about 12 miles out of Portsmouth, Ohio.

He was deader than a shrunken head at a Hackey Sack festival.

Looks like a sand pile my kids have been playing in for a long time - it's all beat up - no definition - just a lot of bumps and holes.