A red-hot belief in eternal glory is probably the best antidote to human panic that there is.

This is the real tragedy of mankind, that until now the spirit of man has not been able to free itself, even along the path of its own development, from the tentacles of self-deception.

A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.

To see a shadow and think it is a tree that is a pity; but to see a tree and to think it a shadow can be fatal.

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

The only creative power I know is that of what might roughly be called 'love'; not of course a sentimental love: a far more impersonal and less individual emotion. I sometimes think that migratory birds may have it for each other. They fly in the same direction, and have never been seen to interfere with each other's flights.

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