Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.
It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one's generation.
Conversationis like the table of contents of a dull book.... All the greatest subjects of human thought are proudly displayedin it. Listen to it for three minutes, and you ask yourself which is more striking, the emphasis of the speaker or his shocking ignorance.
Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.
One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
Only great minds can afford a simple style.