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

There is no embarrassment quite like the embarrassment of listening to a person for whom one has a regard making a fool of himself.

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

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

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

Isn't there any statute of limitation in things spiritual? I don't believe any large mind dwells on its sins, any more than on its virtues!

The insolence of time is like a blow in the face from an unseen enemy.