Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords-philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.

A king or a prince becomes by accident a part of history. A poet or an artist becomes by nature and necessity a part of universal humanity.

Extreme vanity sometimes hides under the garb of ultra modesty.

Where the vivacity of the intellect and the strength of the passions exceed the development of the moral faculties the character is likely to be embittered or corrupted by extremes, either of adversity or prosperity.

A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense.

A bond is necessary to complete our being, only we must be careful that the bond does not become bondage.

To some characters, fame is like an intoxicating cup placed to the lips,--they do well to turn away from it who fear it will turn their heads. But to others fame is "love disguised," the love that answers to love in its widest, most exalted sense.