“When we are young, we make gods and goddesses of one another, then we soon come to realize that we are all merely human and imperfect.”

“Authors go on writing books, and so we go on reading them. It is a sad state of affairs.”

“Some young ladies meet a man and from there it is all plain sailing, but this is not the usual way it happens.”

“People make one happy, not houses.”

“One's first love is always perfect until one meets one's second love”

“Sense is apt to fly out of the window when a girl falls in love.”

“Innocence might be its own reward, but when it boardered on naivete, if not stupidity, it was unforgivable.”