Everyone bowed to that unwritten law of family life which ordains that, in the long run, everyone submerges his personal preference in the effort to conform to that of the member of the circle who complains most loudly and is most difficult to satisfy.

The actions of a human being, even of fifteen months of age, may not be without significance to a sympathetic eye.

There is no human relationship more intimate than that of nurse and patient, one in which the essentials of character are more rawly revealed.

perhaps all this modern ferment of what's known as 'social conscience' or 'civic responsibility' isn't a result of the sense of duty, but of the old, old craving for beauty.

The teachers of small children are paid more than they were, but still far less than the importance of their work deserves, and they are still regarded by the unenlightened majority as insignificant compared to those who impart information to older children and adolescents, a class of pupils which, in the nature of things, is vastly more able to protect its own individuality from the character of the teacher.

What is life, but one long risk?

Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself.