Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.

Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.

A journal takes the place of a confidant, that is, of friend or wife; it becomes a substitute for production, a substitute for country and public. It is a grief-cheating device, a mode of escape and withdrawal; but, factotum as it is, though it takes the place of everything, properly speaking it represents nothing at all.

The laws of animality govern almost the whole of history.

A belief is not true simply because it is useful.

I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.