A sneer is like a flame; it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitter scar.

as I get older there is nothing more constantly astonishing to me than the goodness of the Bad; - unless it is the badness of the Good.

a short cut to matrimonial unhappiness is not to have the same taste in jokes!

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!

... 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.

... Love never forgets; or if it does, it is an imperfect love, like the beautiful love of a dog, faithful and unreasoning.

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