He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever.

There is no influence like the influence of habit.

It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.

She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody calls good, and who are very severe on those who do not pretend to be good.

Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

When a child is born the mother also is born again.