Impropriety is the soul of wit.

It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing three times with unabated zest.

I did not believe him capable of love. That is an emotion in which tenderness is an essential part, but Strickland had no tenderness either for himself or for others; there is in love a sense of weakness, a desire to protect, an eagerness to do good and to give pleasure--if not unselfishness, at all events a selfishness which marvellously conceals itself; it has in it a certain diffidence.

We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us.

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.

As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.