Quotes from Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

We must know the measure of a man's desires before we can sound the depth of his regrets.

love comes to man through his senses - to woman through her imagination.

When a man forgets his ideals he may hope for happiness, but not till then.

Men astonish themselves far more than they astonish their friends.

In life there are no Unities, but three Incomprehensibles: Destiny, Man, and Woman.

Why should we refuse the happiness this hour gives us, because some other hour might take it away?

Disillusions all come from within ... from the failure of some dear and secret hope. The world makes no promises; we only dream it does; and when we wake, we cry!

If the gods have no sense of humor they must weep a great deal.

It is our imagination, not our conscience, which makes us better than the beasts of the field.

I have always found that each step we take in life is to be regretted - if we once begin to wonder how many other steps might have been possible.

There never was a woman so ill-suited to public life as I am. I have had to whip myself, as it were, into society, and the loneliness of it all has been terrific.

A man with a career can have no time to waste upon his wife and friends; he has to devote it wholly to his enemies.

To love is to know the sacrifices which eternity exacts from life.

Those who have made unhappy marriages walk on stilts, while the happy ones are on a level with the crowd. No one sees 'em!

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.

Women may be whole oceans deeper than we are, but they are also a whole paradise better. She may have got us out of Eden, but as a compensation she makes the earth very pleasant.

Entertainment for entertainment's sake is the most expensive form of death.