... learning to love any one is like an increase of property, -- it increases care, and brings many new fears lest precious things should come to harm.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

No man can be wise on an empty stomach.

Don't you meddle with me, and I won't meddle with you.

To most mortals there is a stupidity which is unendurable and a stupidity which is altogether acceptable - else, indeed, what would become of social bonds?

the mysterious complexity of our life is not to be embraced by maxims ... to lace ourselves up in formulas of that sort is to repress all the divine promptings and inspirations that spring from growing insight and sympathy.

The best part of a woman's love is worship; but it is hard to her to be sent away with her precious spikenard rejected, and her long tresses, too, that were let fall, ready to soothe the wearied feet.