Woman is perpetual revolution, and is that element in the world which continually destroys and recreates.

Snobbery, being an aspiring failing, is sometimes the prophecy of better things.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

It is difficult to be emphatic when no one is emphatic on the other side.

A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend-"just as good as the real.

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.

It is only the fools who keep straining at high C all their lives.