Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.
the slight sense of degeneracy induced by reading novels before luncheon
... it appears to me that problems, inherent in any writing, loom unduly large when one looks ahead. Though nothing is easy, little is quite impossible.
...there must be something she wanted; and that therefore she was no lady.
Forgiveness should be an act, but this is a state with him.
one should discuss one's difficulties only when they are over.