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

a manufactured interest has no staying quality - especially if it involves any hard work.

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.

... it is curious how fatal it is, either to a situation or to an individual, or even to a name, if in an evil moment it becomes funny.

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

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

By some mysterious method, Susan Carr's gossip gave the listener a gentler feeling towards his kind. When she spoke of her neighbors' faults, one knew that somehow they were simply virtues gone to seed.