It's the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age.

Patience and endurance were not virtues in a woman; they were necessities, forced on her. Perhaps some day things would change and women would renounce them. They would rise up and say: 'We are not patient. We will endure no more.' Then what would happen to the world?

McKnight is gradually taking over the criminal end of the business.

I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money.

[The writer] wants both to do the best possible work and also to reach the largest possible audience. The result is a fairly normal condition of discouragement.

It's the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age.

Enemies are an indication of character.