Destiny and history are untidy.

New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.

The very condition of Woman is so subject to Hazard, so complex, and so grievous, that to place her at one moment is but to displace her at the next.

My war brought me many things; let yours bring you as much. Life is not to be told, call it as loud as you like, it will not tell itself. No one will be much or little except in someone else's mind, so be careful of the minds you get into, and remember Lady Macbeth, who had her mind in her hand. We can't all be as safe as that.

What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance?

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

I have a narrative, but you will be put to it to find it.