To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

Handsome is that handsome does.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

The hounds all join in glorious cry, / The huntsman winds his horn: / And a-hunting we will go.

Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

Excellence is making a rubber shoe initially

Learn to say “please” and “thank you” in multiple languages.

Time is change transformation evolution.

Trust in the great American ingenuity. We can derive more intelligent, more brain-friendly ways we can play football.

Everything I wear doesnt put me in the league of women. If I were a boy, I could look a lot prettier than a lot of boys I know.

Imbuing fiction with a life that extends beyond the last word is in some ways the goal: the ending that goes beyond the ending in the reader's mind, so invested are they in the story.

The spectacular sparkle of set-apart femininity is found through absolute abandonment to the Author of all true beauty.

Secularism must be applied everywhere, because that is how everyone will be able to live in peace with each other.

A good idea is something that does not solve just one single problem, but rather can solve multiple problems at once.