Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.

I notice that when people have no sense of responsibility, you call them either criminals or geniuses.

Truth is like heat or light; its vibrations are endless, and are endlessly felt.

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

gossip, after it reaches a certain point of insult and falsehood, becomes a source of amusement to its victims.

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

There is a bond, it appears, between mother and child which endures as long as they do. It is independent of love; reason cannot weaken it; hate cannot destroy it.