No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.

Duty has a trick of behaving unexpectedly -- something like a heavy friend whom we have amiably asked to visit us, and who breaks his leg within our gates.

There's things to put up wi' in ivery place, an' you may change an' change an' not better yourself when all's said an' done.

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

Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos.

Awful Night! Ancestral mystery of mysteries.

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?