the attempt to break a habit of years is necessarily experimental.
When did Youth ever thank Age for its wisdom?
Habit does much to reconcile us to unpleasantness.
... Love never forgets; or if it does, it is an imperfect love, like the beautiful love of a dog, faithful and unreasoning.
nothing is as conventional as adolescence.
Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? I don't believe any large mind dwells on its sins, any more than on its virtues!