Is there ever any particular spot where one can put one's finger and say, "It all began that day, at such a time and such a place, with such an incident?

The human face is, after all, nothing more nor less than a mask.

marriage is an extraordinary thing - and I doubt if any outsider - even a child of the marriage - has the right to judge.

A great many men are mad, and no one knows it. They do not know it themselves

lawyers never go to law, do they? They know better.

I never can stand seeing people pleased with themselves,” said Joanna. “It arouses all my worst instincts.

Everything that has existed, lingers in the Eternity.