People who talk of new lives believe there will be no new troubles.
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.
... can life be made undignified by any act of man?
it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.
The two best subjects for conversation are talking shop and making love.
She believed in letting children have a certain amount of rope, and only intervened at the last moment, in order to prevent their hanging themselves by it.