What I object to in Mother is that she wants me to think her thoughts. Apart from the question of hypocrisy, I prefer my own.

Absurdity is the one thing love can't stand; it can overlook anything else, -- coldness, or weakness, or viciousness, -- but just be ridiculous and that's the end of it!

Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.

the profession of the ministry is like matrimony: if it is possible for you to keep out of it, it's a sign that you've no business to go into it!

moral vanity is the snare of good people.

A letter is a risky thing; the writer gambles on the reader's frame of mind.

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