Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it. The only pity was one had to pay so often for a single fault. One had to pay over and over again, indeed. In her dealings with man, Destiny never closed her accounts.

Life is too short to be in a hurry.

Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.

A gentleman never offends unintentionally

I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a dreadful moment. It fills one with the terror of eternity.

Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.