The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us.

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than personal liking.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Marriage, which has been the bourne of so many narratives, is still a great beginning, as it was to Adam and Eve, who kept their honey-moon in Eden, but had their first little one among the thorns and thistles of the wilderness. It is still the beginning of the home epic - the gradual conquest or irremediable loss of that complete union which make the advancing years a climax, and age the harvest of sweet memories in common.

People who write finely must not expect to be left in repose; they will be molested with thanks, at least.

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