I have my own way of dividing people, as I suppose most of us have. There are those whom I can talk to, and those whom I can't.

I think reading a novel is almost next best to having something to do.

What happiness is there which is not purchased with more or less of pain?

Married people do stand up so for each other when you say a word, however they may fight between themselves.

The middle of life is the testing-ground of character and strength.

The incomprehensibleness of women is an old theory, but what is that to the curious wondering observation with which wives, mothers, and sisters watch the other unreasoning animal in those moments when he has snatched the reins out of their hands, and is not to be spoken to! . It is best to let him come to, and feel his own helplessness.

Somehow even a popular fallacy has an aspect of truth when it suits one's own case.