Man makes god in his own image.

The first opinion that occurs to us when we are suddenly asked about something is usually not our own but only the current one pertaining to our class, position, or parentage; our own opinions seldom swim on the surface.

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.

The English are the people of consummate cant.

Among human beings there is no greater banality than death. Second in order, because it is possible to die without being born, comes birth, and next comes marriage.

In the last analysis, even the best man is evil: in the last analysis, even the best woman is bad.

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.