Margaret Halsey

Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings they gradually begin to seem mild harmless rather engaging little things not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.

The real nature of an ethic is that it does not become an ethic unless and until it goes into action.

Whatever the rest of the world thinks of the English gentleman the English lady regards him apprehensively as something between God and a goat and equally formidable on both scores.

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.