There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink

The only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires.

This is a boy's lot: anything he does, anything whatever, may afterward turn out to have been a crime - he never knows. And punishment and clemency are alike inexplicable.

The understanding smile of an old wife to her husband is one of the loveliest things in the world.

Mystics always hope that science will some day overtake them.

My theory on literature is an author who does not indulge in trashiness-writes about people you could introduce into your own home...he did not care to read a book or go to a play about people he would not care to meet at his own dinner table. I believe we should live by certain standards and ideals.

Youth cannot imagine romance apart from youth.