“Everything is all one - that is the beginning and end with you.”

“Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.”

“One can begin so many things with a new person! - even begin to be a better man.”

“I would rather not be engaged. When people are engaged, they begin to think of being married soon, and I should like everything to go on for a long while just as it is.”

“I care only to know, if possible, the lasting meaning that lies in all religious doctrine from the beginning till now.”

“The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.”

“There are answers which, in turning away wrath, only send it to the other end of the room, and to have a discussion coolly waived when you feel that justice is all on your own side is even more exasperating in marriage than in philosophy.”