When we get civilised, I believe children will go by number until they get old enough to choose their own names.

I had thought, in my blindness, that the great things were the easiest to do, but now I see that drudgery is an inseparable part of everything worth while, and the more worth while it is, the more drudgery is involved.

Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want.

A letter has distinct advantages. You can say all you want to say before the other person has a chance to put in a word.

marriage is a great strain upon love.

Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden.

After the door of a woman's heart has once swung on its silent hinges, a man thinks he can prop it open with a brick and go away and leave it.