It is curious how there seems to be an instinctive disgust in Man for his nearest ancestors and relations. If only Darwin could conscientiously have traced man back to the Elephant or the Lion or the Antelope, how much ridicule and prejudice would have been spared to the doctrine of Evolution.

No faith is our own that we have not arduously won.

The romantic embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer.

We cannot remain consistent with the world save by growing inconsistent with our past selves.

Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

For every fresh stage in our lives we need a fresh education, and there is no stage for which so little educational preparation is made as that which follows the reproductive period.