Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.
The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work.
The king appeared... with his dogs and sycophants behind him.
Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should do, they never get around to what they want to do.
It was a woman's bedroom, actually a boudoir, and no man belonged in it except by invitation.