The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.

History is, and has always been trameled by facts. It may ignore some and deny others; but it cannot accommodate itself unreservedly to theories; it cannot be stripped of things evidenced in favor of things surmised.

Resistance, which is the function of conservatism, is essential to orderly advance.

Philadelphians are every whit as mediocre as their neighbors, but they seldom encourage each other in mediocrity by giving it a more agreeable name.

Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.

It is not the office of a novelist to show us how to behave ourselves; it is not the business of fiction to teach us anything.

The soul begins to travel when the child begins to think.