When I die, people will say it is the best thing for me. It is because they know it is the worst. They want to avoid the feeling of pity. As though they were the people most concerned!

some people always have a touch of youth about them.

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

Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.

We are always children to our mothers.

Magnifying a matter is not the way to mend it.

I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else?