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

In connection with death, or birth, or love, modesty is only a rather puerile self-consciousness.

Nothing may be more selfish than remorse.

I notice that when people have no sense of responsibility, you call them either criminals or geniuses.

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

moral vanity is the snare of good people.

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