conceit is the devil's horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry.
Margaret DelandSome time in our lives every man and woman of us, putting out our hands toward the stars, touch on either side our prison walls the immutable limitations of temperament
Margaret Deland... perhaps there is no conceit so arrogant as the conceit which follows a conviction of emancipation.
Margaret DelandIn connection with death, or birth, or love, modesty is only a rather puerile self-consciousness.
Margaret Deland