A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.

Marriage (in what is called the spiritual world) is impossible, because of the inequality between every subject and every object.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members.

The eye of prudence may never shut.

Neither is life long enough for friendship. That is a serious and majestic affair.

There is more in every person's soul than we think.