Of course he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful man should; it is almost a test of refinement.

Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?

There's enough sorrow in the world, isn't there, without trying to invent it.

One has two duties - to be worried and not to be worried.

Lucy was suffering from the most grievous wrong which this world has yet discovered: diplomatic advantage had been taken of her sincerity, of her craving for sympathy and love. Such a wrong is not easily forgotten. Never again did she expose herself without due consideration and precaution against rebuff. And such a wrong may react disastrously upon the soul.

Don't go fighting against the Spring.

“It is Fate that I am here,” persisted George. “But you can call it Italy if it makes you less unhappy.”