The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one’s self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed.

EASY READING IS DAMN HARD WRITING.

Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

America is now given over to a damned mob of scribbling women.

The scarlet letter.

The greatest possible mint of style is to make the words absolutely disappear into the thought.