... indefinite visions of ambition are weak against the ease of doing what is habitual or beguilingly agreeable.

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

She was no longer struggling against the perception of facts, but adjusting herself to their clearest perception.

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.

What is opportunity to the man who cant use it?

We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.

To the receptive soul the river of life pauseth not, nor is diminished.