There are three things that none of the young men of the present generation can do.They can't sit over their wine;they can't play at wist;and they can't pay a lady a compliment.

Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.

The evening advanced. The shadows lengthened. The waters of the lake grew pitchy black. The gliding of the ghostly swans became rare and more rare.

My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.

The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!

Let the music speak to us of tonight, in a happier language than our own.

We had our breakfasts--whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast.

Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.

I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.

Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it. I burst out crying.

Pedants, who have the least knowledge to be proud of, are impelled most by vanity.

To confront death every day, to see it yourself, you have to love the living.

Halls are full of strangers, even when you recognize the faces.

I don't think other people in the world would share the view there is mounting chaos.

Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!

I went up a pants size during my pregnancy.

All of a sudden you realise that you are the person who has control of your life.

People who run for president seriously and people who become president enter a bizarre secret society in which they have had an experience that none of us will ever have.

Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt.

Cofounder relationships are among the most important in the entire company.

Silent as despairing love, and strong as jealousy.