There is something great and terrible about suicide.

Virtually all men of action incline to Fatality just as most thinkers incline to Providence.

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

Doubt follows white-winged hope with trembling steps.

When an intelligent man reaches the point of inviting self-explanation and offers surrendering the key to his heart, he is assuredly riding a drunken horse.

When one has no particular talent for anything, one takes to the pen.

Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.