The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it

He had come on her that morning in a moment of disarray; her face had been pale and altered, and the diminution of her beauty had lent her a poignant charm. That is how she looks when she is alone! had been his first thought; and the …

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

A New York divorce is in itself a diploma of virtue.

It was part of her discernment to be aware that life is the only real counselor, that wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissues.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. I loved light ever, light in eye and brain — No tapers mirrored in long palace floors, Nor dedicated depths of silent aisles, But just the common dusty wind-blown day That roofs earth's millions.

No insect hangs its nest on threads as frail as those which will sustain the weight of human vanity.