The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary

We all go about longing for love: it is the first need of our natures, the loudest cry of our hearts.

The plain working truth is that it is not only good for people to be shocked occasionally, but absolutely necessary to the progress of society that they should be shocked pretty often.

What is any respectable girl brought up to do but to catch some rich man's fancy and get the benefit of his money by marrying him?--as if a marriage ceremony could make any difference in the right or wrong of the thing!

Discussing vaccination with a doctor is like discussing vegetarianism with a butcher.

Remember always that the least plain sister is the family beauty.

A man learns to skate by staggering about and making a fool of himself. Indeed he progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself.