Terror of being found out is not always a preservative, it sometimes hurries on the act which it ought to prevent.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society.

One only says it is one's duty when one has something disagreeable to do.

The ideal is the flower-garden of the mind, and very apt to run to weeds unless carefully tended.

As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at things of that sort. To have to do it at home would be beyond a joke.

It is so seldom in this world that things come just when they are wanted.

Laughing is not the first expression of joy. ... A person laughs in idleness, for fun, not for joy. Joy has nothing, nothing but the old way of tears.

Even in misery we love to be foremost, to have the bitter in our cup acknowledged as more bitter than that of others.

Good works may only be beautiful sins, if they are not done in a true spirit.

All perfection is melancholy.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

Where there is forgiveness, there is always love.

Good. Illegal is always faster.

Honesty is the best policy.

Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.

I'm not bothered or sad about being on my own - after all, I've never had a husband.

I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime.

Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.

I'm super-fortunate to have any fans still.

Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.