The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.

Being a mother means that your heart is no longer yours; it wanders wherever your children do

Social progress takes effect through the replacement of all institutions by new ones; and since every institution involves the recognition of the duty of conforming to it, progress must involve the repudiation of an established duty at every step.

If you can say a thing with one stroke, unanswerably you have style; if not, you are at best a marchande de plaisir; a decorative litt

The shot Irishmen will now take their places beside Emmet and the Manchester Martyrs in Ireland, and beside the heroes of Poland and Sérbia and Belgium in Europe; and nothing in heaven or earth can prevent it.