Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

A human being in this aged nation of ours is a very wonderful hole, the slow creation of long interchanging influences; and charm is a result of two such wholes, the one loving and the one loved.

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.

Scepticismcan never be thoroughly applied, else life would come to a standstill.

Miserliness is a capital quality to run in families; it's the safe side for madness to dip on.

Love supreme defies all sophistry.

People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are.