The sunset glow of self-possession.

Marriage, as practised by high society, is arranged indecency.

The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little.

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.

Success makes success, like money makes money.

When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws.

Thought consoles us for all, and heals all. If at times it does you ill, ask it for the remedy for that ill and it will give it to you.