Most people would far rather be seen through than not be seen at all.

You don’t know a woman until you have had a letter from her.

Suspense is torture ... but delightful--or there'd be no gambling in the world.

You don't really know a woman until she writes you a letter.

Absurdly improbable things are quite as liable to happen in real life as in weak literature.

The Futurists?.... Well, of course, they are already past.

As a rule the person found out in a betrayal of love holds, all the same, the superior position of the two. It is the betrayed one who is humiliated.

She could carry off anything; and some people said that she did.

She suspected him of infidelity, with and without reason, morning, noon and night.

Most people now seem to treasure anything they value in proportion to the extent that it's followed about and surrounded by the vulgar public.

It's always something to get one's wish, even if the wish is a failure.

If you take you away from me, you take everything.

On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.

I have good friends who listen to me for hours, the walls of my room

My father used to get me to read the newspaper to him, as if I was a radio. I would stand there and read the 'Times.

Like People, animals will become frightened and likely do whatever you say if you whip them enough.

You stole from a member of the undead

Kid, not everything in life can be summed up neatly in a paragraph. No book has all of the answers. Not even the really good ones. You have to find the answers yourself sometimes.

There you go. Use your granddaughter to pick up women. That'll get you points in heaven.

Your soul mate can turn into your cell mate if the mutual desire for growth isn't there.

The Emperor died forsaken by all, on this horrible rock. (St. Helena) His death struggle was awful!