The Power To Love What Is Purely

To Marry A Man Out Of Pity Is Folly; And, If You Think You Are Going To Influence The Kind Of Fellow Who Has Never Had A Chance, Poor Devil, You Are Profoundly Mistaken. One Can Only Influence The Strong Characters In Life, Not The Weak; And It Is The Height Of Vanity To Suppose That You Can Make An Honest Man Of Anyone.

If You Have Been Sunned Through And Through Like An Apricot On A Wall From Your Earliest Days, You Are Oversensitive To Any Withdrawal Of Heat.

[on Spiritualism:] I Always Knew The Living Talked Rot, But It's Nothing To The Rot The Dead Talk.

Rich Men's Houses Are Seldom Beautiful, Rarely Comfortable, And Never Original. It Is A Constant Source Of Surprise To People Of Moderate Means To Observe How Little A Big Fortune Contributes To Beauty.

Convictions No Doubt Have To Be Modified Or Expanded To Meet Changing Conditions But ... To Be A Reliable Political Leader Sooner Or Later Your Anchors Must Hold Fast Where Other Men's Drag.