conceit is the devil's horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry.

nothing is as conventional as adolescence.

I'm not to blame for an old body, but I would be to blame for an old soul. An old soul is a shameful thing.

as everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility.

When it comes to bombshells, there are few that can be more effective than that small, flat, frail thing, a letter.

it's better to be crazy on one point and happy, than sane on all points and unhappy.

I have no faith in a human critter who hasn't one or two bad habits.