I don't know how it is...but you seem to think me something wonderful, and indeed, I am not.

As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.

It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner.

No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation.

When fate is got it in for you, there is no limit to what you may have to put up with.

There is nothing so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one's sentiments.

Talking to you is like -- like talking to an eel!" "No, is it? I've never tried to talk to an eel. Isn't it as waste of time?" "Not such a waste of time as talking to you!

You may have married her, but she is mine. Do you think I shall let you take her? She may be ten times your wife, but, by God, you shall never have her.

She decided that her wisest course would be to put him out of her mind. After reaching this conclusion she lay thinking about him until at last she fell asleep.

You don't feel you could marry me instead? Got no brains, of course, and I ain't a handsome fellow, like Jack, but I love you. Don't think I could ever love anyone else.

Oh, Randall, don't be such a vile beast!" "I don't think much of that",he said critically. "Amiable snake was much better.

..there are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything.

Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.

Gentlemen should not waste their time on trivial games -- they should play go[3]

If your community is founded on an injustice, that injustice cannot be questioned.

We make our money out of our friends. Our enemies will not do business with us.

Storms make oaks take deeper root.

You have to write a million words before you find your voice as a writer.

If we want our regulators to do better, we have to embrace a simple idea: regulation isn't an obstacle to thriving free markets; it's a vital part of them.

I must not be selfless: develop a sense of self. A solidness that can't be attacked.

If we repealed all the laws of the world marriage would still exist.