People who can be very good can be very bad too.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

It's so much nicer to be a secret and delightful sin to anybody than to be a feather in his cap.

He was very much a man of moods, possibly owing to what is styled the artistic temperment. I have never seen, myself, why the possession of artistic ability should be supposed to excuse a man from a decent exercise of self-control.

One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave - our own self. Get on good terms with that companion - learn to live with yourself.

Who is there who has not felt a sudden startled pang at reliving an old experience or feeling an old emotion?

Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.