How many we know who have fled the sweetness of a tranquil life in their homes, among the friends, to seek the horror of uninhabitable deserts; who have flung themselves into humiliation, degradation, and the contempt of the world, and have enjoyed these and even sought them out.

Death is not one of our social managements; it is a scene with one character.

Marriage is like a cage one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get out...