Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.

The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

Everyone finds their own version of Charles Dickens. The child-victim, the irrepressibly ambitious young man, the reporter, the demonic worker, the tireless walker. The radical, the protector of orphans, helper of the needy, man of good works, the republican. The hater and the lover of America. The giver of parties, the magician, the traveler.

I always believe that it's better to be idealistic in love than be that cynic. That's the only way to survive a relationship.

I've always dreamed of becoming a mother. I thought I would get married and do it all the traditional way, but life kept going on, my career kept me busy - and I had not stopped to become a mommy.

I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.