Man is an extraordinarily fixed and limited animal whose nature is absolutely constant. It is only by tradition and organisation that anything decent can be got out of him.
I am as constant as a northern star
Age could not wither nor custom stale her infinite monotony: in fact, neither Age nor Custom could do anything (as they said, their voices rising) with the American novelist Gertrude Johnson.
The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.
Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it.
The minds of the everlasting gods are not changed suddenly.
We have the same soul at 60 that we had at 40, and the same soul at 25 that we had when we were 5.
The stars shine as they always do. Same stars. Same sky. Only I am different.
I have nothing Of woman in me; now from head to foot I am marble-constant.
