I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic."
It's important to begin a search on a full stomach.
Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.
It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
Make a decision, even if it's wrong.