you have not a boat of your own, that is just it; that is what women always suffer from; they have to steer, but the craft is some one else's, and the haul too.

Humiliation is a guest that only comes to those who have made ready his resting-place, and will give him a fair welcome. ... no one can disgrace you save yourself.

Woman's fatal weakness is to desire sympathy and comprehension. --"Wanda

Count art by gold, and it fetters the feet it once winged.

To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery.

Fame has only the span of the day, they say. But to live in the hearts of people-that is worth something.

The bread of bitterness is the food on which men grow to their fullest stature; the waters of bitterness are the debatable ford through which they reach the shores of wisdom; the ashes boldly grasped and eaten without faltering are the price that must be paid for the golden fruit of knowledge.