Tradesmen regard an author with a mixed feeling of terror, compassion and curiosity.

Cruelty and fear shake hands together.

In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.

For pain is perhaps but a violent pleasure? Who could determine the point where pleasure becomes pain, where pain is still a pleasure? Is not the utmost brightness of the ideal world soothing to us, while the lightest shadows of the physical world annoy?

Nothing can afford a woman greater pleasure than to hear tender words of love. The strictest, most devout woman will listen even if she must not answer.

A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness.

A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons - the least rewarded of all forms of courage.