In every parting there is an image of death.

I'm not deny in' the women are foolish: God Almighty made 'em to match the men.

Animals are such agreeable friends-they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Only those who know the supremacy of the intellectual life-the life which has a seed of ennobling thought and purpose within it-can understand the grief of one who falls from that serene activity into the absorbing soul wasting struggle with worldly annoyances.

Correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets.