men love their wives not because of their virtues, but in spite of them.

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

Grief is the price Love pays for being in the same world with Death.

If you give way to fear, you'll be a coward; and ... a coward is apt to be a liar. The devil's first name is Fear.

... perhaps there is no conceit so arrogant as the conceit which follows a conviction of emancipation.

When one promise jostles another, one of 'em isn't a promise.

A pint can't hold a quart - if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.