She was like a queen who beholds the virgin soil of her kingdom invaded and wasted by a traitor.Any other thing she would have pardoned: infidelity, indifference, cruelty, any sins of manhood’s caprice or passion,...

In the violent scorn of her revolted pride, of her indignant honor, had she forgotten a lowlier yet harder duty left undone?In her contempt and dread of yielding to mere amorous weakness had she stifled...

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

One must pray first, but afterwards one must help oneself. God does not care for cowards.–“Wanda

Woman’s fatal weakness is to desire sympathy and comprehension.–“Wanda

There are wrongs for which religion makes no provision, and of which it has no comprehension.–“Wanda

To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery.

I only care for the subjective life; I am very German, you see: The woods interest me, and the world does not.

The world never leaves one in ignorance or in peace.

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

He mistook, as the cleverest men often do mistake, in underrating the cruelty of women.

Is there a more pitiable spectacle than that of a wife contending with others for that charm in her husband’s sight which no philters and no prayers can renew when once it has fled forever?Women...

What we love once, we love forever. Shall there be joy in heaven over those who repent, yet no forgiveness for them upon earth?–“Wanda