It is not the shilling I give you that counts, but the warmth that it carries with it from my hand.

To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.

Is there anything more terrible than a "call"? It affords an occasion for the exchange of the most threadbare commonplaces. Calls and the theatre are the two great centers for the propagation of platitudes.

It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.

Martyrs create faith, faith does not create martyrs.

What is vanity but the longing to survive?

Fear is the start of wisdom.