We must know the measure of a man's desires before we can sound the depth of his regrets.

- Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

love comes to man through his senses - to woman through her imagination.

- Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

Men are all the same. They always think that something they are going to get is better than what they have got.

- Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

Why should we refuse the happiness this hour gives us, because some other hour might take it away?

- Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

When a man forgets his ideals he may hope for happiness, but not till then.

- Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an impression at first sight.

- Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

An artist is a person who thinks more than there is to think, feels more than there is to feel, and sees more than there is to see.

- Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

A statesman's words, like butcher's meat, should be well weighed.

- Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

To die for one's great ideas is glorious - and easy. The horror is to outlive them. That is our worst capability.

- Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie