Character is not cut in marble - it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may become diseased as our bodies do.

I trust you as holy men trust God; you could do nought that was not pure and loving, though the deed might pierce me unto death.

The words of genius have a wider meaning than the thought that prompted them.

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

Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.

Man may content himself with the applause of the world and the homage paid to his intellect, but woman's heart has holier idols.

I am open to conviction on all points except dinner and debts. I hold that the one must be eaten and the other paid.