Anger is the resentment of the animal, and gentle blood alone makes the gentleman.

A good book is fruitful of other books; it perpetuates its fame from age to age, and makes eras in the lives of its readers.

All unrest is but the struggle of the soul to reassure herself of her inborn immortality.

Our favorites are few; since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and letters journey.

One does not see his thought distinctly till it is reflected in the image of another's.

Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name.

A man defines his standing at the court of chastity by his views of women.