Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.
Nature is a wet place where large numbers of ducks fly overhead uncooked.
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.
When good Americans die, they go to Paris" "Where do bad Americans go?" "They stay in America
Loveless marriages are horrible. But there is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage. A marriage in which there is love, but on one side only; faith, but on one side only; devotion, but on one side only, and in which of the two hearts one is sure to be broken.