Man cannot choose his duties.
Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.
To think of the part one little woman can play in the life of a man, so that to renounce her may be a very good imitation of heroism, and to win her may be a discipline.
in certain crises direct expression of sympathy is the least possible to those who most feel sympathy.