Good taste is his religion, his morality, his standard, and his test.

I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually last a considerable time.

youth, balancing itself upon hope, is forever in extremes: its expectations are continually aroused only to be baffled, and disappointment, like a summer shower, is violent in proportion to its brevity.

I do not think that life has a suspense more sickening than that of expecting a letter which does not come.

anybody's applause is better than nobody's.

All profound truths startle you in the first announcement.

It is amazing how much a thought expands and refines by being put into speech: I should think it could hardly know itself.