To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it.

While her lips talked culture, her heart was planning to invite him to tea

Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful.

To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it.

When that strange race nears the dust and is condemned as untouchable, then nature remembers the physical perfection that she accomplished elsewhere, and throws out a god-not many, but one here and there, to prove to society how little its categories impress her.

He had shown her all the workings of his soul, mistaking this for love.

What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.