Oh, it's always the same,' she sighed, 'if you want men to behave well to you, you must be beastly to them; if you treat them decently they make you suffer for it.

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.

There are few things so pleasant as a picnic eaten in perfect comfort.

We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.

Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few hours' relaxation or to while away the tedium of a journey.

One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.