My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

If Liana wanted to fight over Harlow, she was going to lose. Not that I liked him that way. That was to say, I wasn't sure how I felt about Harlow, but it damned sure wasn't up to her to tell me.

If you can't find good friends to surround yourself with, then by all means be on your own. Bad friends corrupt good minds.

Here is a toast that I want to give To a fellow I'll never know To the fellow who's going to take my place When it's time for me to go.

The rich man is not one who is in possession of much but one who gives much.

It was hard for me to find my voice because I was, for so long, absorbed in my own world.

Nature does not loathe virtue: it is unaware of its existence.

You'd been petting a stuffed dog?' she said 'A dead one?' 'It was a really well stuffed dog' I clarified. 'I have seen some bad taxidermy. This was top-notch work. It would have fooled anyone.

Life needs penalties and rewards for people. You can't control people with only penalties. You have to think how to create rewards.

I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page.