"If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success along with it."
"A woman should soften but not weaken a man."
"America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success."
"The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation."
"Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have , so to speak , pawned a part of their narcissism."
"We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love."