“A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.”

“The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.”

“In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.”

“What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?”

“We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.”

“You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.”