Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.
It struck him really that he had never so lived with her as during this period of her silence; the silence was a sacred hush, a finer clearer medium, in which her idiosyncrasies showed.
I feel how little she can like being told of her owing me anything. No woman ever enjoys such an obligation to another woman.
Our critics are our friends; they show us our faults.
Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.
Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best.
Wear a smile and have friends, wear a scowl and have wrinkles.