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

No emergency excuses you from exercising tolerance.

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 blossom must break the sheath it has been sheltered by.

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.

A desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the source.

Curses are children of hate; they belong to the wrong family! Prayers are better than curses!