In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.

Better is the enemy of good.

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.