The suitable is the last thing we ever want.

And where was happiness if it sprung not from the soil? Where contentment if it dwelt not near to Nature?

Energy had fastened upon her like a disease.

First, I was an idealist (that was early - fools are born, not made, you know); next I was a realist; now I am a pessimist, and, by Jove! if things get much worse I'll become a humorist.

What fools people are when they think they can make two lives belong together by saying words over them.

To drink for pleasure may be a distraction, but to drink from misery is always a danger.

though pleasure may be purchasable, happiness cannot be bought for a price.