Every one, even the richest and most munificent of men, pays much by cheque more light-heartedly than he pays little in specie.

Women who love the same man have a kind of bitter freemasonry.

There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.

Admiration involves a glorious obliquity of vision.

I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.

Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise.

Great men are but life-sized. Most of them, indeed, are rather short.