Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.
There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
I knew a man who had been virtually drowned and then revived. He said that his death had not been painful.
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.