I don't know that I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want some one who made it interesting.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it.

The short story, free from the longuers of the novel is also exempt from the novel's conclusiveness--too often forced and false: it may thus more nearly than the novel approach aesthetic and moral truth.

There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries.

Don't you ever mind," she asked suddenly, "not being rich enough to buy all the books you want?

A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue.