People talk of the courage of convictions, but in actual life a man's duty to his family may make a rigid course seem a selfish indulgence of his own righteousness.

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.

One thin's sure and nothing's surer The rich get richer and the poor get - children. In the meantime, In between time...

She was incomprehensible, for, in her, soul and spirit were one - the beauty of her body was the essence of her soul. She was that unity sought for by philosophers through many centuries. In this outdoor waiting room of winds and stars she had been sitting for a hundred years, at peace in the contemplation of herself.

They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.

that voice was a deathless song.

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.