There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.
Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
People are almost always better than their neighbors think they are.
Breed is stronger than pasture.
... one's own faults are always a heavy chain to drag through life and one can't help groaning under the weight now and then.