One uncongenial guest can ruin a dinner more easily than a poor salad, and that is saying a great deal.
Gossip is the social mosquito.
... sometimes, out of bitterness, the years distill forgiveness.
Womankind suffers from three delusions: marriage will reform a man, a rejected lover is heartbroken for life, and if the other women were only out of the way, he would come back.
... the song of the world is all of love.
Youth asks no greater privilege than to fight its own battles. It is mistaken kindness to shield - it weakens one in the years to come.