Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has never had a chance, poor devil, you are profoundly mistaken. One can only influence the strong characters in life, not the weak; and it is the height of vanity to suppose that you can make an honest man of anyone.

The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.