I have a right to nothing which another has a right to take away.
Sorrow preys upon Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it From its sad visions of the other world Than calling it at moments back to this. The busy have no time for tears.
I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.
I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains.
Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.
Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
I’m telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world.
When it comes to exploring your creative side, it's very easy to think of all the reasons you can't do it-you don't have the time, you don't have the money, etc. -but if you are truly passionate about expressing yourself, you can find a way. When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning. Take the next step and the next until what you've dreamed about begins to become reality.
Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel
For me, my business is my business and my house is my house. I don't want the public in my house.