"The life of man is a constant struggle against pain and boredom."

"With women, nature has made a blunder."

"A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look …"

"The nobler and more perfect a thing is, the later and slower it is in arriving at maturity. A man reaches the maturity of his reason and mental powers hardly before the age of eight-and-twenty; a woma…"

"Such a view is the apotheosis of Philistinism."