It is the man who is sure of himself who disregards the opinion of the world. To be sure is to have power.

One cannot withdraw from the life of the community. Injury to one member of it cannot fail to be the concern of all.

Nobody likes to be accused of a virtue.

There is a country proverb which says, 'If you don't trouble trouble - trouble won't trouble you.

Husbands and wives quarrel a lot more than anyone thinks, and it's oftener about little things than big ones.

When you've just made the most complete fool of yourself, you feel the need of a specially high horse to ride.

Mary Stuart wrote, 'My end is in my beginning.' It is easier to agree with her than to decide what is the beginning, and what is the end.