There is no mortal truly wise and restless at once; wisdom is the repose of minds.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

If you are standing in one place waiting for something to change, you may be there for a while. You've got to move. Step up and take a swing. Make something happen

Memory is the sense of loss, and loss pulls us after it.

When you've been hurt, you don't make excuses for the jerk who hurt you. That's his mama's job.

I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of goldfish.

Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men. [Better spare to have of thine own than ask of other men.]

I feel that my characters all have some part of my character. I feel that they're all me in some way, certainly not in individuality, but they all bear elements of what I feel.

A Woman never looks better than on horseback

Learning always involves self-transcendence. Learning calls forth what is in us, helping us to move toward authenticity and wholeness.

Looking the part helps get the chance to fill it. But if you fill the part, it matters not if you look it.

I am almost six-novels-old. It took me until the third novel to call myself a writer.