the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.

When we refuse to accept our limitations, Nature, who is a stern realist, pays us out.

Lots of men hate women now-a-days. ... It was a man-made world, and now we're asking to go shares in the making.

it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.

... the ears of the hunted grow even keener than a hunter's.

Jane had that happy disposition which would like to imagine that every one really wishes the well-being of his neighbour and struggles, though sometimes rather disastrously, to help him towards it.

When you know a person particularly well, you cannot escape their ruffled feelings.