Hearts don't come when Reason whistles to 'em.

Habit does much to reconcile us to unpleasantness.

the blue and cloudless day closes like the lid of a casket of jewels upon the violet rim of sea, and shuts out the light.

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.

gossip, after it reaches a certain point of insult and falsehood, becomes a source of amusement to its victims.

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.

it's better to be crazy on one point and happy, than sane on all points and unhappy.