Sara could commit adultery at one end and weep for her sins at the other, and enjoy both operations at once.

It was as dark as the inside of a cabinet minister.

I had come at last and my heart was beating again strongly to a heart that could not know despair because it forgot itself in the duty of its love.

It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything.

Where can one find a profounder desolation than in the poor child who has lost its mother?

Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can't get out of it.

The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm.