"It is our duty never to speak ill of others, you know; least of all when we know that to do so will be the cause of m…"

"No, no; women, old or young, should never have to think about money."

"The thought, however, of his girls having to work for money was so utterly repulsive to him that he could never serio…"

"The insult was thrown out with a peculiarly reckless air; it astounded the hearer, who sat for an instant with starin…"

"To be at other people's orders brings out all the bad in me."

"It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes w…"

"It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals hav…"

"'A man who comes to be hanged,' pursued Jasper, impartially, 'has the satisfaction of knowing that he has brought soc…"

"I am learning my business. Literature nowadays is a trade. Putting aside men of genius, who may succeed by mere cosmi…"

"People have got that ancient prejudice so firmly rooted in their heads — that one mustn't write save at I the dictati…"