Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration? After our subtlest analysis of the mental process, we must still say that our highest thoughts and our best deeds are all given to us.

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas.

Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.

The tale of the Divine Pity was never yet believed from lips that were not felt to be moved by human pity.

Having once embarked on your marital voyage, it is impossible not to be aware that you make no way and the sea is not within sight; that in fact, you are exploring an enclosed basin.

I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a willful sin between myself and God.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.