Mr. Copperfield… told her, when she doubted herself, that a loving heart was better and stronger than wisdom… – Charles Dickens, The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation o
If its very painful for you to criticize your friends – youre safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, thats the time to hold your tongue. – Alice Duer Miller
Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life. – Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)
Im an afternoon tea type of girl. I come from a Russian background where we love our teas. So between lunch and dinner after training I come home and I love a nice cup of tea with jam in it, as we drink it there. Black English Breakfast with raspberry jam is my favorite. – Maria Sharapova
Dessert is probably the most important stage of the meal, since it will be the last thing your guests remember before they pass out all over the table. – William Powell
