as I get older there is nothing more constantly astonishing to me than the goodness of the Bad; - unless it is the badness of the Good.
Nature is perfectly impartial. Brain has no sex!
a manufactured interest has no staying quality - especially if it involves any hard work.
Every new truth begins in a shocking heresy.
men love their wives not because of their virtues, but in spite of them.
... Love never forgets; or if it does, it is an imperfect love, like the beautiful love of a dog, faithful and unreasoning.