What a man marries for's hard to tell ... an' what a woman marries for's past findin' out.

Tilling the fertile soil of man's vanity.

Like all born politicians, their eye was for the main chance rather than for the argument, and they found it easier to forswear a conviction than to forego a comfort.

There is no monster more destructive than the inventive mind that has outstripped philosophy.

It was a perfect spring afternoon, and the air was filled with vague, roving scents, as if the earth exhaled the sweetness of hidden flowers.

Cruelty is the only sin.

Nothing is more trying than nerves to people who have none.