No man needs curing of his individual sickness; his universal malady is what he should look to.

The truth is how you say it, and to be 'one's self' is the most shocking custom of all.

She was nervous about the future; it made her indelicate. She was one of the most unimportantly wicked women of her time --because she could not let her time alone, and yet could never be a part of it. She wanted to be the reason for everything and so was the cause of nothing. She had the fluency of tongue and action meted out by divine providence to those who cannot think for themselves. She was the master of the over-sweet phrase, the over-tight embrace.

A man's sorrow runs uphill; true it is difficult for him to bear, but it is also difficult for him to keep.

No one will be much or little except in someone else's mind, so be careful of the minds you get into.

Youth is cause, effect is age; so with the thickening of the neck we get data.

The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections.