There are moments when I dare not think of it, but there are others when I rise in spirit to where she ever dwells; then I can thank God that I love the noblest lady in the world, the most gracious and beautiful, and that there was nothing in my love that made her fall short in her high duty.

He is very fond of making things which he does not want, and then giving them to people who have no use for them.

You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.

There are moments when I dare not think of it, but there are others when I rise in spirit to where she ever dwells; then I can thank God that I love the noblest lady in the world, the most gracious and beautiful, and that there was nothing in my love that made her fall short in her high duty.

For my part, if a man must needs be a knave I would have him a debonair knave... It makes your sin no worse as I conceive, to do it à la mode and stylishly.

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?

I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.