“The world is good natured to people who are good natured.”

The great moments of life are but moments like the others. Your doom is spoken in a word or two. A single look from the eyes; a mere pressure of the hand, may decide it; or of the lips though they cannot speak.

Humor is wit and love.

It is comparatively easy to leave a mistress, but very hard to be left by one.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.

Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.

An immense percentage of snobs, I believe, is to be found in every rank of this mortal life.

A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.

A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.

Life without laughing is a dreary blank.

People hate as they love, unreasonably.

Life is soul’s nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.

Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.

Except for the young or very happy, I can’t say I am sorry for anyone who dies.

Ah me! we wound where we never intended to strike; we create anger where we never meant harm; and these thoughts are the thorns in our cushion.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.

Nothing leads to good that is not natural.

I am the good girl and I always play the good girl. It’s nice to do that.

I believe we all deserve good endings. We were kind people before this world turned us cruel.

Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.

Holdsworth is so damned good that I can’t cop anything. I can’t understand what he’s doing. I’ve got to do this [does two-hand tapping], whereas he’ll do it with one hand.

Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.

I really need a hairstylist to do my hair if it’s going to look good.