Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts—not to hurt others.

Affection is the broadest basis of a good life.

What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind - the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other; that has always been my firm faith about friendship.

A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.

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.

It is always your heaviest bore who is astonished at the tameness of modern celebrities: naturally; for a little of his company has reduced them to a state of flaccid fatigue.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.