Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.

Death is the only physician, the shadow of his valley the only journeying that will cure us of age and the gathering fatigue of years.

And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.

Society never made the preposterous demand that a man should think as much about his own qualifications for making a charming girl happy as he thinks of hers for making himself happy.

Scepticismcan never be thoroughly applied, else life would come to a standstill.

Many an inherited sorrow that has marred a life has been breathed into no human ear.