Hell is full of good intentions.

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

I shall be but a shrimp of an author.

Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.

Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart.

Visions of glory, spare my aching sight! Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!

Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it.

To each his suff'rings: all are men, / Condemn'd alike to groan, / The tender for another's pain; / Th' unfeeling for his own.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

I push him from my mind. This is no act of easy omission on my part

I want to be able to live without a crowded calendar. I want to be able to read a book without feeling guilty or go to a concert when I like.

I will always be the virgin-prostitute, the perverse angel, the two-faced sinister and saintly woman.

He was so much in love with me that I could have asked him for the moon and stars, and he would have gathered them for me.

A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.

The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters.

In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, several of whom spoke of my playing in high terms.

It keeps eternal whisperings around desolate shores

I personally think that most people, most of the time, do the right thing. I just believe this. Otherwise, the world would be chaos, and it's not.

In my mind, I was always a comedian who was going to branch into writing.