When two duties jostle each other, one of 'em isn't a duty.
It is useless to deny that, unless one has a genius for imparting knowledge, teaching is a drudgery.
gossip, after it reaches a certain point of insult and falsehood, becomes a source of amusement to its victims.
You can't have genius without patience.
Real divorce takes place without a decree.
When it comes to bombshells, there are few that can be more effective than that small, flat, frail thing, a letter.