it is in our minds that we live much of our life.

[On writing:] What a difficult kind of work to choose! But of course one did not choose it. There was no choice.

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

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.

Ah, we have to be generous to be grateful ... One has oneself to be a giver.

It will be a beautiful family talk, mean and worried and full of sorrow and spite and excitement.

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