We must certainly acknowledge that solitude is a fine thing; but it is a pleasure to have some one who can answer, and to whom we can say, from time to time, that solitude is a fine thing.

Marriage must perforce fight against the all-devouring monster of habit.

It's not enough to be a good person. You also have to show it.

Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.

Numbers are intellectual witnesses that belong only to mankind.

Authentic love always assumes the mystery of modesty, even in its expression, because actions speak louder than words. Unlike a feigned love, it feels no need to set a conflagration.

It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as among the Egyptians, to succeed to his father's craft.