When two duties jostle each other, one of 'em isn't a duty.

Weakness is a great bully without knowing it.

Grandmother belongs to the generation of women who were satisfied to have men retain their vices, if they removed their hats.

... when personal happiness conflicts with any great human ideal, the right to claim such happiness is as nothing compared to the privilege of resigning it.

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

I've always thought the law ought to put on spectacles, it has mighty poor eyesight once in a while.

We've all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business.