It was not that she was out of temper, but that the world was not equal to the demands of her fine organism.

The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection.

"Abroad," that large home of ruined reputations.

Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning.

The strength of the donkey mind lies in adopting a course inversely as the arguments urged, which, well considered, requires as great a mental force as the direct sequence.

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with the soul's highest needs, is not to be had where and how she wills.

Consequences are unpitying.