If I Were To Begin Life Again,

Have The Courage To Be Ignorant Of A Great Number Of Things, In Order To Avoid The Calamity Of Being Ignorant Of Everything.

The Main Question To A Novel Is -- Did It Amuse? Were You Surprised At Dinner Coming So Soon? Did You Mistake Eleven For Ten? Were You Too Late To Dress? And Did You Sit Up Beyond The Usual Hour? If A Novel Produces These Effects, It Is Good; If It Does Not -- Story, Language, Love, Scandal Itself Cannot Save It. It Is Only Meant To Please; And It Must Do That Or It Does Nothing.

Whatever You Are By Nature, Keep To It; Never Desert Your Line Of Talent. Be What Nature Intended You For, And You Will Succeed.

The Two Women Exchanged The Type Of Glance Women Use When There Is No Knife Handy.

You Find People Ready Enough To Do The Samaritan, Without The Oil And Twopence.