the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done

Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.

Love! Beyond measure — beyond death — it nearly kills. But one wouldn't have been without it.

One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.

Take modern courtships! They resulted in the same thing as under George the Second, but took longer to reach it, owing to the motor-cycle and the standing lunch.

The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.

Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place - service - social service - the ants creed, the bees creed.