It is not for us to hold ourselves above the position of grateful people. We have to be able to accept. Anything else shows an unwillingness to grant someone else the superior place.

If I were not a child with my parents, they would be more unloving toward me.

I think I feel on the whole that something's there trying to get out ... It's sort of trying to get out and wants help.

Civilized life exacts its toll.

Duty is seldom liked either by the doer or the object ... And why should it be? It is not often of advantage to either.

We must use words as they are used, or stand aside from life.

We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and firmly laid.