It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because marriage is not possible without possession

It was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the humanity

That cold accretion called the world, so terrible in the mass, is so non formidable, even pitiable, in its units.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.

Done because we are too many.

People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.