I respect the truth too much to drag it out on every occasion.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven.

Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone.

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.

I'm very comfortable with how I look. I always have been. I think I look pretty good. There's nothing I want to change. I'm pretty happy with what I've got.

When you hear fear knocking on the door, most of the time when you answer it there’s nothing there. It’s just you holding yourself back.

Joe and Jojo and I had lovely day together. I love Joe so much - more and more.

I like to look at the interface between words and pictures and wonder about which comes first, a sort of chicken-or-egg type of question.

I didnt have any particular talent for fiction. I took a class in college.

Whether I shall be unfortunate depends also on others; whether I shall be unhappy depends only on myself.

Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.

The past was nothing to her; offered no lesson which she was willing to heed. The future was a mystery which she never attempted to penetrate. The present alone was significant.

There's no specific aesthetic other than a sense of the beautiful itself, I suppose.

I am a lolita. I don't believe in growing up. No matter how old I get I remain devoted to ruffles and frills