In high vengeance there is noble scorn.

Ah! but the moods lie in his nature, my boy, just as much as his reflections did, and more. A man can never do anything at variance with his own nature. He carries within him the germ of his most exceptional action; and if we wise people make eminent fools of ourselves on any particular occasion, we must endure the legitimate conclusion that we carry a few grains of folly to our ounce of wisdom.

There are robberies that leave man or woman forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer.

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.

To an old memory like mine the present days are but as a little water poured on the deep.

I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that all the light I can command must be concentrated on this particular web, and not dispersed over that tempting range of relevancies called the universe.

We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.