Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts. – Arnold Bennett
It is well, when one is judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality. – Arnold Bennett
It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is best from the top. – Arnold Bennett
Because her instinct has told her, or because she has been reliably informed, the faded virgin knows that the supreme joys are not for her; she knows by a process of the intellect; but she can feel her deprivation no more than the young mother can feel the hardship of the virgins lot. – Arnold Bennett