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.

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

the profession of the ministry is like matrimony: if it is possible for you to keep out of it, it's a sign that you've no business to go into it!

nothing is as conventional as adolescence.

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

If you give way to fear, you'll be a coward; and ... a coward is apt to be a liar. The devil's first name is Fear.