Loss takes up inside of everything sooner or later and eats right through it.
The temptation to vivify the tale and make it walk abroad on its own legs is hard to deny.
Many a maid have I won by a quarrel, when flattery was in no wise helpful; but take heed that thou art in the wrong, so that thou mayest acknowledge thine error.
A maiden's first kiss cometh hard, yea, it is as the first olive out of a bottle, requiring much skill; but the rest are easy.
In the mind of a woman, to give birth to a child is the short cut to omniscience.
Tell not thy previous loves to a woman, lest she also telleth thee hers.
Beware of a woman who signeth not her name to her letters; she will bear watching, aye, she hath a past.
Young Americans must never again be sent to fight and die unless we are prepared to let them win.
I can never fear that things will go far wrong where common sense has fair play.
While I'm doing [writing], I don't feel it. I don't think that's a failing. I think it's just a feature. Like, a feature of oneself.
We must not constantly talk about tackling obesity and warning people about the negative consequences of obesity. Instead we must be positive - positive about the fun and benefits to be had from healthy living, trying to get rid of people's excuses for being obese by tackling the issue in a positive way.