There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.

I think God wants us to love Him more, not to love others less.

The process of living seems to consist in coming to realize truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes.

and a charge of lying against someone whom you have always found truthful is a very serious thing; a very serious thing indeed.

The proper rewards are not simply tacked on to the activity for which they are given, but are the activity itself in consummation.

As for wrinkles--Pshaw! Why shouldn't we have wrinkles? Honorable insignia of long service in this warfare.

And all the time - such is the tragic comedy of our situation - we continue to clamor for those very qualities we are rendering impossible. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.