I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be your own judge.

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!

the attempt to break a habit of years is necessarily experimental.

Nature is perfectly impartial. Brain has no sex!

Age, with shamefaced relief, has learned the solvent quality of Time. It is this quality which makes possible the contemplation of certain embarrassing heavenly reunions.

The fact is, the secret of happiness is the sense of proportion.

... it is curious how fatal it is, either to a situation or to an individual, or even to a name, if in an evil moment it becomes funny.