To a poet silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

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Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down at first sight.

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.

The lovesick, the betrayed and the jealous all smell alike.

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow’s dark array, – Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.

The biggest seller is cookbooks, and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.

Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

Readers are advised to remember that the devil is a liar.