One must desire something to be alive; perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.

As soon as you feel too old to do a thing, do it.

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

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

When one promise jostles another, one of 'em isn't a promise.

as everybody knows, truthfulness and agreeable manners are often divorced on the ground of incompatibility.

When two duties jostle each other, one of 'em isn't a duty.