Cynicism is a sure sign of youth.
Evidently, whatever else marriage might prevent, it was not a remedy for isolation of spirit.
I never saw the man yet that came out of politics as clean as he went into 'em.
True goodness is an inward grace, not an outward necessity.
The nearer she came to death, the more, by some perversity of nature, did she enjoy living.
The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.