The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that govern us.

It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.

Tread Lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow.

What is said of man is nothing; the point is, who says it.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation, and conversation must have a common basis, and between two people of widely different culture the only common basis possible is the lowest level.

Now and then the fantastic shadows of birds in flight flitted across the long tussore-silk curtains that were stretched in front of the huge window, producing a kind of momentary Japanese effect, and making him think of those pallid, jade-faced painters of Tokyo who, through the medium of an art that is necessarily immobile, seek to convey the sense of swiftness and motion.