a great moment raises most of the people who experience it, to its own level; and that is why they do not always recognize its greatness - or their own.

there couldn't be war, unless lies were believed. War has to be nourished by lies.

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!

silence is very moving to youth, for who knows what it hides?

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

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

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