Anger as well as love casts out fear.

nothing is as conventional as adolescence.

Books are like sapphires; they must be polished - polished! or else you insult your readers.

I'm not to blame for an old body, but I would be to blame for an old soul. An old soul is a shameful thing.

... 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.

... safety that depends on an apron-string is very unsafe!

... there must be reserves -- except with God. The human soul is solitary. But for confession that is different; justice and reparation sometimes demand it; but, again, justice and courage sometimes forbid it.