There is no sort of wrong deed of which a man can bear the punishment alone; you can't isolate yourself and say that the evil that is in you shall not spread. Men's lives are as thoroughly blended with each other as the air they breathe; evil spreads as necessarily as disease.

It is one thing to see your road, another to cut it.

I care only to know, if possible, the lasting meaning that lies in all religious doctrine from the beginning till now.

Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.

The worst service, I fancy, that anyone can do for truth, is to set silly people writing on its behalf.

What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own best self.

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