Wives invariably flourish when deserted; ... it is the deserting male, the reckless idealist rushing about the world seeking a non-existent felicity, who often ends in disaster.

The worldly relations of men and women often form an equation that cancels out without warning when some insignificant factor has been added to either side.

There is far too much talk of love and grief benumbing the faculties, turning the hair gray, and destroying a man's interest in his work. Grief has made many a man look younger.

It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold.

An Englishman never takes his collar off when he is writing. How can you expect him to show you his soul?

There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.

Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion!