Conscience is the name which the orthodox give to their prejudices.

There never was a woman so ill-suited to public life as I am. I have had to whip myself, as it were, into society, and the loneliness of it all has been terrific.

Disillusions all come from within ... from the failure of some dear and secret hope. The world makes no promises; we only dream it does; and when we wake, we cry!

Faults! I adore faults! I can never find too many in any creature.

Those who have made unhappy marriages walk on stilts, while the happy ones are on a level with the crowd. No one sees 'em!

A quart of doubt to an ounce of truth is the safest brew.

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.