Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable. - William Somerset Maugham

The sad Don Quixote of a worthless purpose.

Perhaps her faults and follies, the unhappiness she had suffered, were not entirely vain if she could follow the path that now she dimly discerned before her, not the path that kind funny old Waddington had spoken of that led nowhither, but the path those dear nuns at the convent followed so humbly, the path that led to peace.

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.