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

I may not understand, but I am willing to admire.

Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.

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

Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something you probably won't want.

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.